First Positive Drug Test At World Championships Comes From Morocco

By Sean McKeon
Published Aug. 18, 2009

Steeplechase finalist Jamel Chatbi withdrew before today’s final.

And the first positive drug test goes to … the lucky Jamel Chatbi, a steeplechaser from the nation of Morocco!

Seriously though, it had been a clean championship before the positive test by the Morcoccan would-be steeplchase finalist. Chatbi withdrew from the final immediately after the positive test was revealed to the Morccan federation. The Morccan’s “A” sample tested positive for clenbuterol, a banned substance. In normal doses the drug is used to treat people suffering from asthma, but it is a stimulant and therefore banned during competition.

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