ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Ethiopia's track and field team doctor says five of the six athletes suspended and under investigation for doping by the country's authorities tested positive for the newly banned substance meldonium.
Ayalew Tilahun tells The Associated Press that two of the six would have likely made Ethiopia's Olympic team "if they were clean." He didn't give any names or say what substance the sixth athlete tested positive for.
Ayalew did say delays in making the cases public are related to the World Anti-Doping Agency's decision to obtain more scientific research on meldonium.
Meldonium was banned from Jan.