06/01/2019   Esteban Soto (COL) loses the silver of Barranquilla for positivity to isometheptene






In its December 2018 bulletin of the violation of doping, the IAAF Athletics Integrity Unit also includes Manuel Esteban Soto (COL).

 
However, the penalty is a minor sanction (2 months and one week) and the period of ineligibility start from Sep. 7, 2018, while the disqualification period runs from Jul. 27, 2018.
The ineligibility, however, already ended on Nov. 13, 2018, is a consequence of a vasoconstrictor (isometheptene) identified in the test carried out by the athlete on July 27, 2018 in Barranquilla (COL) on the occasion of the Central American Games (our news: click here).
 
Obviously Esteban Soto (COL) lost the silver medal obtained in Barranquilla which is attributed to Erick Bernabé Barrondo (GUA) while the bronze one goes to Andre Eduardo Olivas Nunez (MEX).
The Central American Games were won by Eider Arevalo (COL) in 1:26:59.