DISGRACED Turkish 1500m runner Asli Cakir Alptekin could compete at the Rio Olympics despite having served less than half of her eight-year doping ban if her appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) to have her suspension reduced is successful.
Asli Cakir Alptekin: drug cheat
MARK SHEARMAN
Alptekin, who won 1500m gold at the London Games of 2012 before being stripped of the title last year after abnormalities were detected in her biological passport, is looking to have her ban cut down on the basis of providing assistance to the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).