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Announcement of Hezekiel Sepeng’s 2 years suspension

Announcement of Hezekiel Sepeng’s 2 years suspension

Date
22 May 2006
Updated
30 Sep 2019
Announcement of Hezekiel Sepeng’s 2 years suspension

Athletics South Africa (ASA) announced that South Africa's former Olympic 800m silver medallist Hezekiel Sepeng was banned on 11 May 2005 from all competition for two years, following a drug test on 21 February of that year. According to ASA the International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) has ruled that there were no exceptional circumstances in Sepeng's case and that he has to be suspended in accordance with the rules. Sepeng has accepted his two-year suspension, though he still maintained that he was not guilty, saying a lot of things went wrong on World Anti-Doping Agency's (Wada's) side. Sepeng was reinstated on 15 May 2007 for all athletics competitions with immediate effect.

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  1. 01Mackay, Duncan, (2006), Olympic silver medallist given two-year drug ban, from theguardian, 23 May [online], Available at www.theguardian.com [Accessed: 20 May 2014]
  2. 02Naik, Sameer, (2012), The bitter taste of victory, from Independent Online, 26 June [online], Available at www.iol.co.za [Accessed: 22 May 2014]

Last updated · 30 Sep 2019

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South African History Online. (2011, March 16). Announcement of Hezekiel Sepeng’s 2 years suspension. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013687

South African History Online (2011) 'Announcement of Hezekiel Sepeng’s 2 years suspension', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013687 (Accessed: 8 August 2026).

South African History Online, Announcement of Hezekiel Sepeng’s 2 years suspension [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013687, (accessed 8 August 2026).

"Announcement of Hezekiel Sepeng’s 2 years suspension." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013687. Accessed 8 Aug. 2026.

South African History Online. "Announcement of Hezekiel Sepeng’s 2 years suspension." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013687.

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