Bahrain Marathon Runner El Hassan El Abbassi has been suspended while after returning adverse analytic findings for homologous blood transfusions after the Tokyo Olympics test, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) said.
The 37-year-old sample was collected after Olympic Marathon in Sapporo on August 8 where he finished 25 with 2:15:56 in the race was won by Kenya Great Eliud Kipchoge.
Homolog blood transfusion involves someone collecting and implanting compatible donor blood while transfusion of autologous blood using one’s own blood that has been saved.
The International Testing Agency (Ita), who is responsible for drug testing during the match, reported the test results on August 15 and said that athletes had the right to examine the sample ‘B’.
Runners 1,500m Bahrain Alsadik Mikhou are temporarily suspended for receiving blood transfusions during the match.
El Abbassi won gold in 10,000 meters in the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea and a silver medal in Marathon four years later in Jakarta, Indonesia.