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The latest infamous one happened at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics which several Russian athletes took performance enhancing drug, according to an investigation conducted.
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However, Ghana has experienced just three cases of ban in athletics. Below is the list of athletes who have suffered ban for using performance enhancing drugs.
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Mark Anthony Awere
The former long jump bronze medalist in the African Athletic Championship was banned for three months in 2003 after he tested positive for doping in Mulhouse.
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Aziz Zakari
The Ghanaian 100 metres sprinter was banned for a two year period for using banned substance in 2006.
Tim Abeyie
The 200 metres runner has suffered the heaviest ban handed to a Ghanaian athlete for using performance enhancing drugs in Germany where he is based. International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has therefore banned him from all athletics related activities for a four-year period. The news of his ban broke out this week.