Suspended Jele violates anti-doping rule

Running into trouble: Jele reportedly violated an anti-doping rule PIC: THEPRESSPHOTO
Running into trouble: Jele reportedly violated an anti-doping rule PIC: THEPRESSPHOTO

Lydia Jele has come under fire after violating an anti-doping rule by training at the National Stadium. By so doing the athlete was violating rules that were set when she was slapped with a ban in 2017.

Botswana Athletics Association (BAA) has since written a letter to her club, University of Botswana (UB) Athletics Club raising their concern. It is alleged that Jele entered the stadium for training in June and July.

“This is in breach of her suspension as the ineligibility means that she is not supposed to be involved in any athletics activity or access any athletics facility,” the BAA letter reads in part.

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