ISTANBUL — Olympic 1,500 meters champion Asli Cakir Alptekin has been cleared of doping violations, the Turkish athletics federation said in a statement Thursday. Cakir was provisionally suspended by the federation in May after abnormalities were detected in her biological passport, resulting in her missing the world championships in Moscow in August. She had already served a two-year suspension in 2004 after a positive dope test at the world junior championships. A second offense could have resulted in a lifetime ban. The governing International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), however, said it had not yet received the full judgement on Cakir in English. – Reuters
