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Egypt’s javelin hopeful banned after doping test

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt’s Olympic hopeful Ihab Abdelrahman, a silver medalist in the men’s javelin at last year’s world championship, has been suspended for failing a doping test. “We received news that Ihab has failed a doping test. We have asked for sample B to be tested. We hope the result is negative,” Egyptian Olympic Committee president Hisham Hatab told Reuters. Abdelrahman has protested his innocence in a television interview. “I am a million percent innocent,” he said. “I have been taking food supplements since 2013 and passed every previous test. “I feel

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Abdelrahman El Sayed bounces back; Okagbare, Kiprop, Soi and Ayalew shine in Paris

Egypt’s Ihab Abdelrahman El Sayed threw 87.10m with his penultimate effort of the night to win the men’s Javelin competition at the 2014 Meeting Areva - IAAF Diamond League meeting in Paris, France on Saturday. The Egyptian, who is the reigning African record-holder, edged out Finland’s Tero Pitkamaki (86.63m, SB) and Germany’s Thomas Rohler (84.74m, PB) into second and third positions respectively.

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Egypt Wins Its First Ever World Athletics Championships Medal

Egypt’s Ihab AbdelRahman El Sayed has won the country’s first ever World Athletics Championships medal, after winning a silver in the Javelin Throw at the 15th IAAF World Championships in Beijing, China. El Sayed, 26, managed to achieve a throw of 88.99 meters on his second attempt, scoring almost four meters less than Kenya’s gold medalist Julius Yego who reached 92.72 meters on his third attempt. El Sayed, who had qualified for hte finals after finishing eigth in the semi-finals with a 82.85 meter throw, was one of Egypt’s three-member delegation to the IAAF World

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Egypt’s javelin hopeful banned after doping test

Ihab Abdelrahman El-Sayed was one of the surprise packages of 2014, ending the year as the world’s number one javelin thrower. SPIKES finds out how a coach from ‘the spiritual home of javelin’ could help propel him to world championship gold in Beijing. Born into a non-sporty family in a village in the Al Sharqia region of Egypt, Ihab Abdelraham El-Sayed’s only athletic experience up until his late teens was kicking a football around with friends. Though soccer was El-Sayed’s first love – he is a passionate fan of Spanish side Real Madrid and Egyptian cha

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