Azerbaijan teenager Chaltu Beji has registered the second positive doping test of Baku 2015 ©Getty Images

Azerbaijan's Ethiopian-born 3,000 metres steeplechase winner Chaltu Beji has registered the second positive doping test of the European Games, it has been announced today.

Beji, winner of the steeplechase event which formed part of the team athletics competition here by a huge margin of 25 seconds, provided a urine sample afterwards which was found to contain banned anabolic agent osterine.

This followed testing at the World Anti Doping Agency-accredited laboratory in Moscow.

A B-sample was requested following the initial failure but, after that also showed traces of the product, the result has now been confirmed.

The 18-year-old has been suspended from the Games, and retrospectively disqualified from the 3,000m steeplechase, as well as a seventh place finish over 1500m, where she faded badly after being in second spot in the early stages.

Beji had eased to victory on the opening day of the two-day athletics competition - which doubled as the European Team Championships Third League - at the Olympic Stadium, jogging across the line in 10min 30.58sec, 25 seconds clear of second-place Moldovan Olesea Smovjenko.

Chaltu Beji had proven utterly dominant en route to winning the 3000m steeplechase by 25 seconds ©Getty Images
Chaltu Beji had proven utterly dominant en route to winning the 3000m steeplechase by 25 seconds ©Getty Images

Smovjenko will now presumably be awarded victory, although no medals were awarded for individual athletics events and Azerbaijan did not win a team medal, finishing in fifth place behind winners Slovakia.

Beji earned 14 points for her victory but, with her adopted nation 50 points clear of sixth place Bosnia and Herzegovina, there will be no change in the overall standings. 

"This disqualification will not affect the result of the Team Athletics event," a statement from the European Olympic Committees said.

"Further anti-doping procedures will be conducted by the competent international organisations."

Born in Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, Beji began competing for Azerbaijan only this year.

She becomes the second athlete - and second teenager - to register a failed test during these inaugural European Games after Albanian boxer Rexhildo Zeneli was confirmed as the first on June 17 following a pre-competition positive test for diuretics.

"The Baku 2015 European Games Anti-Doping Programme has comprehensive, intelligent and robust anti-doping procedures that apply to all athletes competing at the European Games," the EOC statement added.

"The athletes are tested for substances prohibited by the World Anti-Doping Agency and, upon finding that an Anti-Doping Rule Violation has been committed, sanctions are imposed in accordance with the requirements of the EOC Anti Doping Rules applicable to the Baku 2015 European Games."



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