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Italy bans steeplechaser Jamel Chatbi over missed tests

Updated on: 29 July,2016 07:22 AM IST  | 
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The Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) have excluded steeplechaser Jamel Chatbi from the Rio Games due to missed drug tests

Italy bans steeplechaser Jamel Chatbi over missed tests

Jamel Chatbi

Milan: The Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) have excluded steeplechaser Jamel Chatbi from the Rio Games due to missed drug tests.


Jamel Chatbi
Jamel Chatbi


The 32-year-old, who once served a three-year ban for doping, will not travel to his maiden Olympics after missing a third random doping control in one year.


A statement by CONI said: "CONI, in concordance with the Italian Athletics Federation, has excluded Jamel Chatbi from the Rio Olympic for missing a third doping control in the last year."

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