Dominguez protests her innocence | Herald Sun

Dominguez protests her innocence | Herald Sun: "WORLD steeplechase champion Marta Dominguez has appeared in court over drug trafficking allegations.

The 35-year-old, who won 3,000m steeplechase gold in Berlin in 2009 after taking silver in the 5,000m in 2003 and 2001, denies she has trafficked in performance-enhancing drugs after being questioned in court over the allegations.

'I have never trafficked doping substances, I have never profited from this. I am innocent and in my house police did not find anything,' she told reporters after leaving the court hearing in Madrid yesterday.

The 35-year-old arrived at court accompanied by her husband and a lawyer.

She said she was implicated in the investigation into sports doping because of telephone wiretaps without giving further information."

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