Operación Galgo (''Operation Greyhound'') is an investigation into doping in

athletics Athletics may refer to: Sports * Sport of athletics, a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking ** Track and field, a sub-category of the above sport * Athletics (physical culture), competi ...

by the

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in Spain. Initiated in April 2010,Bezabeh and Fernández pull out of Euro Cross as Spanish doping probe continues
. '' Athletics Weekly'' (2010-12-10). Retrieved on 2010-12-11. the investigation came to public attention with the raid of houses and the arrest of high-profile athletes, coaches and doctors, among others. Among those arrested were

Marta Domínguez Marta Domínguez Azpeleta (born 3 November 1975) is a Spanish former runner and politician. She competes mainly in the steeplechase. She has represented Spain four times at the Olympics and has competed at the World Championships on six occasio ...

, the reigning steeplechase world champion. She was immediately suspended from her role of vice president of the

Real Federación Española de Atletismo The Royal Spanish Athletics Federation (Spanish: ''Real Federación Española de Atletismo'', RFEA), is the governing body for the sport of athletics in Spain. As of 2020, the federation has 1,411 registered clubs and 89,470 federated athlets. His ...

(Spain's governing body for athletics). Other athletes who were interrogated were European champion Nuria Fernández, Alberto García,

Reyes Estévez Reyes Estévez López (born 2 August 1976 in Cornellà de Llobregat, Spain) is a Spanish 1500 metres runner. He won the European Championships' final 1998 in Budapest. In addition, he won bronze medals at the 1997 World Champion ...

and

Adriënne Herzog Adriënne Herzog (born 30 September 1985, Amersfoort) is a Dutch middle- and long-distance runner. She has had most of her success in cross country running, being twice a bronze medallist at the European Cross Country Championships (2009 and 201 ...

. European cross country champion

Alemayehu Bezabeh Alemayehu Bezabeh Desta ( Amharic: አለማየሁ በዛበህ ደስታ; born c. 1986) is an Ethiopian-born athlete who represents Spain internationally. He competes in middle- and long-distance running on the track, and also in cross country ...

admitted to taking banned substances. The case centres on athletics coaches César Pérez, Manuel Pascua and María José Martínez Guerrero, manager José Alonso and Doctor Eufemiano Fuentes, who was previously implicated in the Operación Puerto doping case. Sixty-one Spanish athletes signed a petition in support of the investigation. In March 2011, Bezabeh was absolved of doping charges by the Spanish Athletics Federation due to a lack of evidence against him, and the organisation's president accepted that Bezabeh's blood had been removed to test for a liver condition. In July 2011, Marta Dominguez was acquitted of the charges of doping (providing various medicines without proper prescription) pending with the courts.

was absolve
exculpada del cargo de dopaje
. ''

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''. Retrieved on 2011-07-11

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File:Marta Dominguez portrait.jpg, Marta Dominguez, acquitted in July 2011 File:Reyes Estévez.jpg,

File:Núria Fernández Barcelona 2010.jpg, Nuria Fernández File:Adrienne Herzog Doha 2010.jpg,

, acquitted in August 2011

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