Athletics-Welteji out of World Championships over doping case after CAS ruling

FILE PHOTO: Athletics - World Athletics Indoor Championships - Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park, Nanjing, China - March 23, 2025 Ethiopia's Diribe Welteji, Britain's Georgia Hunter Bell and Australia's Georgia Griffith in action during the women's 1500m final REUTERS/Issei Kato/File Photo

PARIS (Reuters) - Ethiopian middle distance runner Diribe Welteji will miss the World Athletics Championships after a request for her provisional suspension by the Athletics Integrity Unit while a doping case is heard was upheld by the Court of Arbitration for Sport on Friday.

The 23-year-old, who won silver in the 1,500 metres at the last world championships in Budapest two years ago, was cleared of a charge of failing or refusing to submit a doping sample by the Ethiopian Anti-Doping Authority in late August.