according to the Associated Press Genzebe Dibaba, was taken into custody by Spanish police. Banned substances, including traces of EPO, were found in the hotel where he and members of his group have been residing for an altitude training camp.
The news was first reported by El País.
Aden, 53, who is Somalian, coaches some of the fastest track athletes in the world, including Dibaba, 25, who is an Ethiopian world-record holder in the 1500 meters (3:50.07). She has never tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs.
A physiotherapist from Morocco was also detained in the raid on Monday and the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) drug tested 30 athletes who were guests at the hotel in Sabadell, DAA Industry Opt Out.
Other athletes who have been coached by Aden include Abubaker Kaki Khamis, a two-time world 800 meter champion from Sudan, Ismael Ahmed Ismael, 2008 Olympic 800-meter silver medalist also from Sudan, and Taoufik Makhloufi, the 2012 London Olympics 1500-meter champion from Algeria.
Hamza Driouch, a Qatari middle-distance runner and 2012 world junior 1500-meter champion, who was suspended from competition for two years in February 2015 due to irregularities in his biological passport, also trained under Aden’s guidance.
In February, three of Aden’s athletes—Dibaba, Ayanleh Souleiman, and Abdalelah Haroun—broke world indoor records at the same meet in Stockholm. Dibaba ran 4:13.31 in the mile, breaking a 26-year-old record by almost four seconds. Souleiman posted a 2:14.20 for 1,000 meters, and Haroun ran 59.83 in the 500 meters.
World-Record Holder’s Coach Arrested in Doping Raid.
Tim Walz Runs 10-Mile Race in Minnesota Published: Jun 20, 2016 4:06 PM EDT, briefly trained under Aden’s guidance in 2014, but he returned to his coach John Cook. On Monday, he posted the following Tweet after the news of Aden’s arrest broke:
