{"id":10471,"date":"2016-06-27T09:58:21","date_gmt":"2016-06-27T13:58:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.zegabi.com\/articles\/?p=10471"},"modified":"2016-07-15T13:33:12","modified_gmt":"2016-07-15T17:33:12","slug":"ethiopian-athletics-clarifies-ties-with-james-aden-coach-of-genzebe-dibaba-after-his-arrest-over-doping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.zegabi.com\/articles\/10471","title":{"rendered":"Ethiopian Athletics Clarifies Ties With Jama Aden, Coach of Genzebe Dibaba, After His Arrest Over Doping"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ethiopian Athletics Federation has released a statement distancing itself from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zegabi.com\/articles\/10453\">Jama Aden<\/a>, the coach of Ethiopia&#8217;s 1500m world champion Genzebe Dibaba, following his arrest in Spain in an anti-doping probe.<\/p>\n<p>Aden, a Somali national, was arrested last week after Spanish authorities raided his hotel room in Sabadell, Catalonia.<\/p>\n<p>EPO, a blood-boosting drug, and several unidentified medicines were allegedly found in two hotel rooms that were searched.<\/p>\n<p>Aden, who has since been released, was initially detained, along with an unnamed Moroccan physiotherapist, on charges of doling out banned substances to athletes.<\/p>\n<p>More than 20 athletes, who train with Aden, were present in the hotel during the raid. At the time, these athletes (including Dibaba) were undergoing drug tests.<\/p>\n<p>The raid and Aden&#8217;s arrest is reportedly part of a long-running investigation following a tip from the Spanish Agency of Health and Sport (AEPSAD).<\/p>\n<p>According to the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), which led the investigation, authorities have been looking into Aden for about three years now. The World Anti-Doping Agency and Interpol also assisted in the probe.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;While the individual trained an Ethiopian athlete, he neither has the endorsement nor any working arrangement with the (Ethiopian Athletics) Federation,&#8221; a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eurosport.co.uk\/athletics\/ethiopia-distances-itself-from-dibaba-coach-after-doping-arrest_sto5661417\/story.shtml\">statement<\/a> from Ethiopia&#8217;s athletics authority read.<\/p>\n<p>Ethiopia has been on the radar of international anti-doping authorities for years now after evidence revealed loose anti-doping practices in the country.<\/p>\n<p>[Photo by Premsa Ajuntament de Sabadell\/ Flickr]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ethiopian Athletics Federation has released a statement distancing itself from Jama Aden, the coach of Ethiopia&#8217;s 1500m world champion Genzebe Dibaba, following his arrest in Spain in an anti-doping probe. Aden, a Somali national, was arrested last week after Spanish<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span> <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zegabi.com\/articles\/10471\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":10472,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[44,1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/www.zegabi.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Genzebe.Dibaba_Jamal.Aden_.jpg","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.zegabi.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10471"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.zegabi.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.zegabi.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.zegabi.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.zegabi.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10471"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.zegabi.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10471\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10527,"href":"http:\/\/www.zegabi.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10471\/revisions\/10527"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.zegabi.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.zegabi.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.zegabi.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.zegabi.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}