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MONACO — A runner from Ethiopia who reached the 3,000-meter steeplechase final at the Tokyo Olympics and narrowly missed the world championship podium last year has been banned for five years after testing positive for two banned substances. An Athletics Integrity Unit ruling says Zerfe Wondemagegn admitted breaking anti-doping rules after samples she gave flagged up traces of testosterone and EPO. Wondemagegn was eighth at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 and fourth at the 2023 world championships in Budapest. Two of the three samples in Wondemagegn's case were taken while she was in Hungary for the event and she has been disqualified from the competition.
