Ruti Aga banned 6 years over a forged prescription
The prescription Ruti Aga handed the AIU came from a clinic that does not exist, written by a family member with no medical registration. Six years, and she is 38 when it ends.
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Tokyo champion Ruti Aga banned six years over forged prescription
The AIU has banned Ethiopia's Ruti Aga for six years from 15 March 2026 for methylprednisolone and tampering, with results disqualified from 10 September 2026. CITIUS MAG says she tested positive at the Meishan Renshou Half Marathon in China on March 15, 2026, where she won in 1:08:04, then blamed knee treatment and submitted a prescription from a clinic that did not exist.
The clinic did not exist. The ‘doctor’ who issued it was a family member with no medical registration.
Races and results
USA wins Big's Backyard Team Worlds, Belgian duo sets backyard record with 124 laps
The United States won the Big Dog's Backyard Ultra World Team Championships with 1,120 yards (a 'yard' is one 4.167-mile backyard ultra lap) from its 15 runners, with Mark Dowdle last out at 107 yards and Jon Noll as the assist, per Keith Dunn.
How they train
Four days of low carb worsened effort and efficiency, Holmer says
Brady Holmer flags a study where endurance athletes ate the same calories and protein on two diets, 607 versus 117 grams of carbs a day. After four days on the low-carb diet most hormones held steady, but a marker of bone breakdown rose and both perceived effort and cycling efficiency got worse.
Eating enough calories doesn't mean you're fueled.