Operación Galgo (''Operation Greyhound'') is an investigation into

doping Doping may refer to: * Doping, adding a dopant to something * Doping (semiconductor), intentionally introducing impurities into an extremely pure semiconductor to change its electrical properties * Aircraft dope, a lacquer that is applied to fabr ...

in athletics by the

Guardia Civil The Civil Guard ( es, Guardia Civil, link=no; ) is the oldest law enforcement agency in Spain and is one of two national police forces. As a national gendarmerie force, it is military in nature and is responsible for civil policing under the a ...

in Spain. Initiated in April 2010,Bezabeh and Fernández pull out of Euro Cross as Spanish doping probe continues
. ''

Athletics Weekly ''AW'' (formerly ''Athletics Weekly'') is a monthly track and field magazine published in the United Kingdom by Athletics Weekly Limited. The magazine covers news, results, fixtures, coaching and product advice for all aspects of track and field, ...

'' (2010-12-10). Retrieved on 2010-12-11. the investigation came to public attention with the raid of houses and the arrest of high-profile athletes, coaches and doctors, among others. Among those arrested were Marta Domínguez, the reigning steeplechase world champion. She was immediately suspended from her role of vice president of the

Real Federación Española de Atletismo The Royal Spanish Athletics Federation ( Spanish: ''Real Federación Española de Atletismo'', RFEA), is the governing body for the sport of athletics in Spain. As of 2020, the federation has 1,411 registered clubs and 89,470 federated athlets. ...

(Spain's governing body for athletics). Other athletes who were interrogated were European champion

Nuria Fernández Nuria Fernández Domínguez (born 16 August 1976 in Luzern, Switzerland) is a Spanish middle distance runner. She specialises in the 1500 metres and is the Spanish record holder in the mile run and the 1500 m indoors. Career Fernández h ...

, Alberto García, Reyes Estévez and

Adriënne Herzog Adriënne Herzog (born 30 September 1985, Amersfoort) is a Dutch middle- and long-distance runner Long-distance running, or endurance running, is a form of continuous running over distances of at least . Physiologically, it is largely Aer ...

. European cross country champion

Alemayehu Bezabeh Alemayehu Bezabeh Desta (Amharic: አለማየሁ በዛበህ ደስታ; born c. 1986) is an Ethiopian-born athlete who represents Spain internationally. He competes in middle- and long-distance running on the track, and also in cross country. ...

admitted to taking banned substances. The case centres on athletics coaches César Pérez,

Manuel Pascua Manuel may refer to: People * Manuel (name) * Manuel (Fawlty Towers), a fictional character from the sitcom ''Fawlty Towers'' * Charlie Manuel, manager of the Philadelphia Phillies * Manuel I Komnenos, emperor of the Byzantine Empire * Manu ...

and

María José Martínez Guerrero Maria may refer to: People * Mary, mother of Jesus * Maria (given name), a popular given name in many languages Place names Extraterrestrial *170 Maria, a Main belt S-type asteroid discovered in 1877 *Lunar maria (plural of ''mare''), large, da ...

, manager José Alonso and Doctor

Eufemiano Fuentes Eufemiano Fuentes (born 1955) is a Spanish sports doctor who was implicated in the Operación Puerto doping case. Biography Fuentes was once an athlete. He then became the team doctor of Team ONCE, Amaya and Kelme. The former Kelme rider Jes ...

, who was previously implicated in the

Operación Puerto doping case Operación Puerto (''Operation Mountain Pass'') is the code name of a still unfinished Spanish Police operation against the pro sports doping network of Doctor Eufemiano Fuentes. It started in May 2006, which resulted in a scandal that involved s ...

. Sixty-one Spanish athletes signed a petition in support of the investigation. In March 2011, Bezabeh was absolved of doping charges by the Spanish Athletics Federation due to a lack of evidence against him, and the organisation's president accepted that Bezabeh's blood had been removed to test for a liver condition. In July 2011,

Marta Dominguez Marta may refer to: People * Marta (given name), a feminine given name * Märta, a feminine given name * Marta (surname) :István Márta composer * Marta (footballer) (born 1986), Brazilian professional footballer Places * Marta (river), a ...

was acquitted of the charges of doping (providing various medicines without proper prescription) pending with the courts. Marta Domínguez was absolve
exculpada del cargo de dopaje
. ''

EUROPA PRESS The Europa Press was a publishing house founded and run by the Irish surrealist poet George Reavey. The press was based in Paris from its inception in 1932 until 1935, when Reavey moved to London. It ceased operation in 1939. The Europa Press i ...

''. Retrieved on 2011-07-11

Gallery

File:Marta Dominguez portrait.jpg,

, acquitted in July 2011 File:Reyes Estévez.jpg, Reyes Estévez File:Núria Fernández Barcelona 2010.jpg,

File:Adrienne Herzog Doha 2010.jpg,

, acquitted in August 2011

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Operacion Galgo Doping cases in athletics 2010 in athletics (track and field) 2011 in athletics (track and field)

Gallery

See also

References