Clémence Calvin was suspended four years by the AFLD. - KENZO TRIBOUILLARD / AFP

Suspended four years by the French Anti-Doping Agency for having evaded an unexpected test in Morocco on March 27, 2019, the marathon runner Clémence Calvin saw her appeal rejected by the Council of State. "The facts behind the decision were established and the suspension, taken after due process, was justified," said the body in an official statement released Friday.

Doping: the Council of State validates the provisional suspensions of Clémence Calvin and Hendre Stassen >> https://t.co/OwOrGkVhZn pic.twitter.com/0OlMACqMuS

- Council of State (@Conseil_Etat) February 28, 2020

The athlete, who claimed that people who presented themselves as the police had accosted her on the street, denounces violent behavior on their part from the start, accusing them of having dropped her two-year-old child time. Version that the AFLD totally refutes.

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