Jo Pavey set to be given bronze in 10,000m from 2007 World Championships with silver medallist Elvan Abeylegesse among athletes charged with doping offences

By MARTHA KELNER FOR MAILONLINE

PUBLISHED: 10:05 EST, 12 August 2015 | UPDATED: 16:31 EST, 12 August 2015

Jo Pavey is set to be upgraded to at least a bronze medal from the 2007 Osaka World Championships because Turkey’s 10,000m silver medallist Elvan Abeylegesse is among 28 athletes to be charged with doping offences.

Abeylegesse is one of the athletes who the IAAF will retrospectively ban after retesting frozen urine samples from Osaka and the 2005 World Championships in Helsinki.

Pavey was crestfallen after the 10,000m final in Japan. She ran bravely but finished fourth after being overtaken on the final lap by America’s Kara Goucher, who took bronze. Tirunesh Dibaba won gold ahead of Abeylegesse, who recovered to take silver even after having to stop briefly when her shoe fell off.