Sara Benfares tested positive for banned substances erythropoietin and testosterone. The 22-year-old is part of Team Saarland for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.
She finished twelfth in the 5000 meters at the European Athletics Championships in Munich in 2022. The German Athletics Association was informed about the process by the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA), according to NADA's own statements to the "Saarbrücker Zeitung" newspaper.