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Spain suspends steeplechaser Mullera

Spanish steeplechaser Angel Mullera, promoted to bronze in the 2014 European Championship, has been banned for two years for doping.

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Spain's sports council has suspended steeplechaser Angel Mullera for two years for doping.

A document signed by council president Miguel Cardenal and published by the Ministry of Sports on Monday says the 31-year-old Mullera is "excluded from all relations as a high-level athlete" on a doping offence.

Mullera won a legal case in August 2012 enabling him to be reinstated to Spain's Olympic team after facing doping allegations.

Then, the Court of Arbitration for Sport said a decision by the Spanish athletics federation and Olympic committee to exclude Mullera "failed to constitute technical reasons" for a ban.

Mullera was promoted to bronze medal position in the 2014 European Championship 3000-metre steeplechase after Mahiedine Mekhissi was disqualified for taking off his shirt and bib for the last 100 meters.


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