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Jele slapped with eight-year ban

GABORONE 29 April 2017, Lydia Casey Jele during the Gaborone international athletics meet at the National stadium in Gaborone on 29 April 2017. (Pic:MONIRUL BHUIYAN/PRESS PHOTO)
GABORONE 29 April 2017, Lydia Casey Jele during the Gaborone international athletics meet at the National stadium in Gaborone on 29 April 2017. (Pic:MONIRUL BHUIYAN/PRESS PHOTO)

The Continental Results Management Panel (CRMP) For Africa Arbitration case has slapped 400m runner, Lydia Jele with an eight-year ban after a failed appeal.

The panel ruled that the 34-year-old Jele is guilty as charged after testing positive for Stanazol, a prohibited substance, following an out-of-competition testing programme that was carried out on June 17, 2024 by a Doping Control Officer in Gaborone, in line with international standards for testing and investigations. According to the ruling, a sanction of eight years was imposed as this was her second testing. Jele's first doping offence was on October 14, 2017. The eight-year sanction is with effect from June 17, 2024.

Editor's Comment
Police can't police themselves

As Botswana Police Service Commissioner Dinah Marathe disclosed to the Public Accounts Committee, these officers, including nine from Mochudi currently interdicted, exemplify a corrosive culture of impunity. This case is not isolated; it underscores an urgent need for structural reforms. When those entrusted to uphold the law become its brazen violators, public trust crumbles. Botswana must establish an Independent Police Investigation Division...

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