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BAA drafts anti-doping policy as cases explode

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The Botswana Athletics Association (BAA) has sprung into action and is in the process of drafting anti-doping guidelines as doping cases escalate.

This week, two athletes, Zibane Ngozi and Karabo Mothibi, were provisionally suspended following anti-doping violations. Ngozi and Mothibi were tested during in-competition tests on August 16 and 29 and April 12, 2025.

Two steroids, norandrosterone and methylhexaneamine, were detected in Ngozi’s sample, whilst stanozolol and oxymetholone were found in Mothibi’s.

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