Date: Friday, 25 July 2025
Berhane Tesfay, who won the Copenhagen Marathon in May, has been suspended from athletics after he tested positive for doping during his triumph in Copenhagen.
This is what DR Sport writes.
The Athletics Integrity Unit, the disciplinary body for athletics, has suspended the long-distance runner when the doping test that Tesfay submitted showed traces of EPO.
38-year-old Tesfay is excluded until the investigations are completed.
The long-distance runner from Eritrea was the fastest on the 42,195 meters in the streets of Copenhagen. He took 2 hours, 8 minutes and 25 seconds to cover the distance. That was 44 seconds faster than the second place.
- Basically, it's a shame, especially when it's someone you've declared the winner. We, like everyone else, want a clean race in Copenhagen. It should be fair for everyone, says Copenhagen Marathon's elite manager, Kristian Friis, to DR.
Berhane Tesfay has participated in the Olympics in 2021 and 2024, and in addition to the Copenhagen Marathon, he has also won the Mumbai Marathon in India in 2025.
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