Marathon champion Ruti Aga is banned for six years after anti-doping investigators say she submitted a fake prescription to explain a failed drug test. The reported issue centers on a prohibited substance, methylprednisolone, which investigators say appeared after a race in March.
Multiple outlets report that the prescription was not issued by a real medical clinic or registered doctor. Instead, investigators describe the prescription as being issued through a family member who claimed to be a doctor. Coverage also notes that investigators link the doping finding to Aga’s post-race explanation, and that the resulting sanction totals six years.
Sources differ slightly in which background details they foreground—for example, some specify the clinic’s non-existence and others focus on how the additional years were added for tampering. Overall, the accounts broadly align on the length of the ban, the alleged forged-document basis, and the involvement of a prescription tied to a methylprednisolone result.
