Marta Domínguez Operation Greyhound

The case shocked not only to athletics but the entire Spanish sport. Its scope and began to spill into other activities and even went to stain the honor of the football team that won the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. For Marta Dominguez and Operation Greyhound in another report of Space Travel.

THE BEGINNING

Operation Greyhound began with the raid on the athlete who won the world championship in the 3,000 meters in 2009 and continued detention. This happened on December 9, 2010. The aim was to disrupt a network that supplied items to Spanish doping high-performance athletes.

The checkup of the home of Marta Domínguez lasted over four hours. This Thursday, the Civil Guard arrested the champion and 13 others.

Defendants

In the video you could see the television chronicle of the time when most of the detainees testified before the Magistrate's Court number 24 of Madrid. After these testimonies, were accused coach Marta Domínguez, César Pérez, the athlete Alberto García, former mountain biker Alberto Leon coach Manuel Pascua, José Alonso Valero, a former athlete and agent Marta Domínguez, and the doctor Eufemiano Fuentes and involved in 2006 in the Puerto doping case in the world of cycling

SPEAK MARTA DOMINGUEZ

The atlteta sent a series of responses to a report by e-mail that made him the Spanish news agency EFE. Here we share:

Question: What does that say about his involvement in Operation Greyhound and their possible role as a provider of doping to other athletes?

Answer: Who can believe that I was peddling performance-enhancing drugs? Of course I have never trafficked in doping substances. You can not damage my image and my honor throwing these unfounded accusations about me. So far, nobody has said what evidence they have against me is more, after eight months of investigation, on Thursday morning, the Civil Guard informed me that I was merely a witness in that proceeding, who and why it was decided that ceased to be a witness to be accused of a crime, if in my house there was no substance? Right now, I can only hope that the judge coldly analyze the entire case and put an end to all this.

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Q. - Is it true that the Guardia Civil found doping products in your home?

A. - I deny categorically that in my house has found some banned substance. When the Civil Guard called into my house to register, every time I showed my help. For more than four hours, several civil guards were searching my home and found no trace of doping treatments. All reports in the press to the contrary are radically false.

Q. - What do you think of the charges accused his coach?

I know these charges but I am confident that will be able to prove his innocence.

Q. - What do you think the decision of the Spanish Federation to suspend temporarily from his post as vice president?

A. - It is an internal decision of the Federation and I respect it, but in any case at the moment what worries me most is that the judge will listen and can show that never traffics in illegal substances.

Q. - What do you think that the Federation provides for withdrawing their titles and brand? Do you understand that doubt the cleanliness of your career?

R. - At the moment, I understand everything but understand nothing. A I was not being accused of doping, but something more serious, dealing in prohibited substances, to harm the health of my colleagues and seriously jeopardize his life by selling banned substances, it is accusing me of making a fortune at the expense of the health of my colleagues, is there a more serious charge that for a person who has made the sport his life? I think first before any decision is to let me defend myself, who know my version of events, but who first need to know is the judge.

Q. - Have you had any contact since last Thursday with executives of the Federation or other sports organizations? Will José María Odriozola call for explanations?

R. - At this time, the first explanations should be the judge, tell my truth because that is the best way to explain to everyone.

Q. - How is animated and physically?

R. - I've always been a fighter and I will keep fighting. I am puzzled when I read some of the things said. Some people even think I'm hiding and do not leave home for that reason, when the truth is that I need to save five days of complete rest after some tests I did on Friday for my pregnancy.

Q. - Do you mean something to people who have defended these days?

A. - I want to thank all the expressions of support I'm getting, especially my neighbors, my family, my companions, all who know me know that I have never trafficked in illegal substances and, therefore, are passing me around support. In these hard moments is important to know that all who truly know me are supporting me.

Can I lose their titles and brand?

Judging by the words of José María Odriozola, probably. This recalled the case of Marion Jones, who confessed to doping and lost the five medals she won in Sydney.

Say that I thought explain his version of events. When I was pregnant, and was one of the first to find out, after the Civil Guard, I called her to encourage her to continue until the London Games. Now would be different, I would ask explanations "

With that said, Odriozola athlete puts their backs to the wall. The president of the Spanish Athletics Federation made these statements together with sprinter Angel David Rodriguez to present a petition against doping.