The International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) has opened disciplinary procedures against 28 athletes for doping breaches from the 2005 and 2007 World Championships.
The majority of the athletes have since retired and none will be in action at the World Championships in Beijing later this month but those still active have been provisionally suspended with immediate effect.
None of the 28 can be named yet “due to the legal process” but Justin Gatlin, a double sprint world champion in 2005 who was banned from the sport for a second time the following year after a positive test for testosterone, is not among the 28 athletes in question.
The 2005 World Championships took place in Helsinki, Finland, with Japanese city Osaka hosting the event two years later.
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If violations are confirmed the IAAF will correct the record books and re-allocate medals as necessary.
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