BAKU — Azerbaijan's Ethiopian-born 3,000 metre steeplechase runner Chaltu Beji has been suspended from the European Games for doping, the European Olympic Committees (EOC) said Saturday. The 18-year-old, who also competed in the 1,500 meters, won the steeplechase event Sunday but EOC said her urine sample contained osterine, a banned substance. “Ms Beji was therefore charged with an Anti-Doping Rule Violation,” the governing body said in a statement Saturday. Earlier in the inaugural games in the Azeri capital of Baku, 19-year-old Albanian boxer Rexhildo Zeneli was suspended after testing positive for another prohibited substance furosemide. — Reuters
