Furthermore, he said the requests, “through a wholly owned and funded government club”, were part of an “goal to facilitate loyalty transfers and allow those athletes to represent Turkey in future international competitions, including the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.”
It added: “Given the common features between the applications, the panel evaluated them together and determined that such an approach is inconsistent with the basic principles of the regulations.
“As a result of the decisions, athletes are not eligible to represent Turkey in national representative competitions or other relevant international events.”
The other athletes were Catherine Relin Amanang’ole, Brian Kibor, Ronald Kwemoi and Nelvin Jepkemboi of Kenya, Rajindra Campbell, Jaydon Hibbert and Wayne Pinnock of Jamaica, as well as Favor Ofili of Nigeria and Sophia Yakushina of Russia.