Athletics-AIU suspends Albanian long jumper, officials for alleged result manipulation

FILE PHOTO: 2018 European Championships - Men's Long Jump Final - Olympic Stadium, Berlin, Germany - August 8, 2018 - Izmir Smajlaj of Albania competes. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach

(Reuters) - Albanian long jumper Izmir Smajlaj was provisionally suspended by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) on Friday along with two senior officials of his nation's athletics body for allegedly breaching World Athletics' Integrity Code of Conduct.

The Albanian federation's president Gjegj Ruli and general secretary Nikolin Dionisi were charged along with Smajlaj for allegedly giving false information to the global body and the AIU for the result of an event held in Tirana in May 2021.