The women's

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event at the

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took place on 25 August 2007 at the

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. In August 2015, the

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confirmed that an anti-doping test sample collected from

Elvan Abeylegesse Elvan Abeylegesse, (also formerly: Hewan Abeye (አልቫን አበይለገሠ, Amharic) and Elvan Can ( Turkish); born September 11, 1982) is an Ethiopian-born naturalized Turkish middle and long-distance running athlete who competes over d ...

during these World Championships had been retested and found to be positive for a controlled substance and that the athlete had been temporarily suspended pending retesting of her "B-sample". On 29 March 2017, the International Association of Athletics Federations confirmed the positive test and expunged her results from 25 August 2007 until 25 August 2009.IAAF March 2017 Newsletter
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Medallists

Records

Results

References

- IAAF.org {{DEFAULTSORT:2007 World Championships In Athletics - Women's 10, 000 Metres

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10,000 metres at the World Athletics Championships 2007 in women's athletics