Has a Pro runner every been sabotaged by a competitor?

zbt wrote:

Richard Chelimo at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. Per Wikipedia:

With three laps remaining in the 10,000 m final, Chelimo and Khalid Skah of Morocco were clear and battling for the gold medal. At this point the pair came to lap another Moroccan athlete, Hammou Boutayeb, who stayed with the leaders even after being lapped. The rules state that a lapped runner cannot "assist" another runner but, although Boutayeb's actions were interpreted as unsportsmanlike by the crowd, it was certain that there was collusion, Skah gained advantage, Chelimo was disadvantaged. These events incensed the Spanish crowd, and the Swedish track judge Carl-Gustav Tollemar attempted to stop Boutayeb.
During the final 150 m Skah sprinted away from Chelimo to win the race and was disqualified, making Chelimo the Olympic champion. However, the Moroccans appealed the disqualification and Skah was reinstated as Olympic champion the next morning, because the rule under which he was disqualified did not define a penalty.

HRE wrote:

black poo wrote:

Wasn't there spiked toothpaste? A German athlete? Dieter? Funnily enough I was thinking about this when I saw Keely Hodkinson being handed a water drink in cardboard packet. I know the official drinks are meant to be certified drug-free but it made me think how easy it could be for someone to spike them (like a volunteer).

Dieter Baumann, 5,000 silver and gold at 5,000 meters in 1988 and 1992 is the first name that I thought of when I saw the thread title but the question was about proven rather than suspected sabotage. He tested positive for nandrolone and claimed someone had put it into his toothpaste. It was not an unreasonable claim. Apparently his son also tested positive for it as well.

This happened against the background of German reunification. Baumann had always been outspoken about getting drugs out of the sport. He publicly argued against allowing some coaches or physiologists from the East who were believed connected to the DDR doping system from getting similar employment after reunification and there's an idea that some of them decided to sabotage him. It's a credible story but unproven.

HRE wrote:

black poo wrote:

Wasn't there spiked toothpaste? A German athlete? Dieter? Funnily enough I was thinking about this when I saw Keely Hodkinson being handed a water drink in cardboard packet. I know the official drinks are meant to be certified drug-free but it made me think how easy it could be for someone to spike them (like a volunteer).

Dieter Baumann, 5,000 silver and gold at 5,000 meters in 1988 and 1992 is the first name that I thought of when I saw the thread title but the question was about proven rather than suspected sabotage. He tested positive for nandrolone and claimed someone had put it into his toothpaste. It was not an unreasonable claim. Apparently his son also tested positive for it as well.

This happened against the background of German reunification. Baumann had always been outspoken about getting drugs out of the sport. He publicly argued against allowing some coaches or physiologists from the East who were believed connected to the DDR doping system from getting similar employment after reunification and there's an idea that some of them decided to sabotage him. It's a credible story but unproven.