The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has issued an injunction against our record-breaking athlete Sultan Haydar for missing a doping test sample. Following this development, national athlete Sultan Haydar was removed from the European Championships squad.
With a time of 2.21.27, Sultan Haydar, who holds the Turkish record, made a statement about the situation, Fatih Çintimar, President of the Turkish Athletics Federation, said: “Our national athlete Sultan Haydar missed 1 doping test during her camp in Ethiopia. Following this development, the International Athletics Integrity Unit affiliated to WADA decided to impose a caution on Sultan Haydar before the European Championships. After the process, a caution was imposed on our athlete. He was removed from the squad of the Senior European Athletics Championships to be held in Rome, the capital of Italy, between June 7-12, 2024.”
President Çintimar said, “Our athlete will use our legal rights to the end. However, unfortunately, it involves a process and our athlete will not be able to take part in two very important tournaments. We share this development with the public with regret.”
