The Turkish Athletics Federation has excluded the 1.500m gold medalist at the London Olympics, Asli Cakir Alptekin, and the European 100m hurdles champion, Nevin Yanit, from its selection for the next Mediterranean Games on suspicion doping. Their names appear on a list of eight Turkish athletes tested positive by the International Anti-Doping Agency, writes the Hürriyet newspaper. According to the country's press, the Agency has highlighted anomalies in Asli Cakir Alptekin's biological passport, which could earn the 27-year-old athlete a lifetime suspension and force her to return her gold medal. Olympic.
— Published on April 26, 2013
