The French Ophélie Claude-Boxberger, specialist of the 3,000 m steeplechase, was tested positive at the EPO, announced Tuesday a source close to the file, confirming an information of specialized site Spe15 .
An open preliminary inquiry
The Public Health Unit of the Paris Public Prosecutor's Office confirmed the opening of a "preliminary investigation on October 14th of the counts of offenses against the legislation on doping and poisonous substances", a survey entrusted to Oclaesp (Office central fight against damage to the environment and public health) and following a report from the French Agency for Combating Doping (AFLD) on 11 October.
"I learned again from the press that there would be a positive control, we had no confirmation by the AFLD, reacted the president of the French Athletics Federation André Giraud (FFA). the entry into force of the law of March 1, 2019, we are kept out of the procedures, we have no more disciplinary power.This type of business does not please us.Business creates discomfort, we do not can not deny it. " "We can not put someone behind every athlete day and night," added the leader, "after the Clemence Calvin case, we have taken action and we now know exactly where our athletes are going on training. to prevent someone from taking a plane ticket without informing us. "
A mixed record at the Doha Worlds
Selected for the Doha Worlds (September 27-October 6), Ophélie Claude-Boxberger had left the competition without shining, at the stage of the series. But his name had been quoted in a very different context. The one of the precipitate departure, for "personal reasons", of the medical director Jean-Michel Serra, leaving the Bleus with only one doctor available in full competition, failed on the sporting plan. The disclosure on social networks of photos attesting to his relationship with Ophélie Claude-Boxberger, which he had always denied, weakened him.