Kramer: "Hard for covenants to stop doping"

The news that Robel Fsiha's A-test left traces of an unauthorized substance meant the fourth case in just six years where a Swedish athlete with a foreign background was investigated for violating doping rules.

In connection with the GP gala in Sätrahallen, outside Stockholm, Norwegian runner-up Filip Ingebrigtsen criticized both the Swedish and Norwegian athletics associations and said that it was "naive of us to only receive a lot of runners".

Ingebrigtsen called for a system that teaches anti-doping rules for new arrivals and places higher demands from national team teams.

Swedish 800-meter runner Andreas Kramer does not argue against the Norwegian, but at the same time alleges that there is anti-doping work that includes all active.

- It may very well be (as Ingebrigtsen says). I'm not really that into it, but trying to do the best for myself. But we do some anti-doping work where everyone active answers questions and undergoes anti-doping training. You can answer questions about doping and how to look at it. I know we did, he says.

However, that something has failed in the Swedish anti-doping effort is hard to say after Fsiha's case - which was noticeably known only days after the news that the Olympic bronze winner in wrestling, Jenny Fransson, was caught with the anabolic steroid methyltestosterone in her body.

- I'm surprised at both of those cases. It is clear that there are two too many, it is not good for sports. At the same time, it may be difficult for covenants to stop it completely. It is always up to an individual. You can work against it, of course, but in the end, it is always an individual who should be responsible.

TT: How did you react to the Fsiha case when it became known?

- Very sad. I participated in the terrain European Championship and ran the team relay. We were very happy with the gold he took, of course, but when this came afterwards, it will not be as fun. You want to stay away from doping. But I can't do much more than think about myself.

Robel Fsiha has also demanded a B-test to be analyzed. To the Expressen, the 23-year-old has said that he has not deliberately doped himself and that he "has only eaten a medicine tablet for colds".

TT: Do you feel disappointed with Fsiha or do you wait for it until more information comes?

- I can't say anything about that case. I've only read any article so I can't really comment on it. But it's clear that I think all doping cases are boring, says Kramer.