British ultra-runner Andrew Heyes welcomes sport’s upcoming tramadol ban on World Anti-Doping Agency prohibited list

Andrew Heyes has welcomed sport’s upcoming ban on tramadol and told fellow athletes it “should not be something you are looking at”.

The substance will be added to the World Anti-Doping Agency’s (WADA) banned list on 1 January 2024, a decision which has the firm backing of the 2018 UK Indoor 3000m champion.

The 33-year-old recently competed at the 50km World Championships in Hyderabad where a bad case of cramp dashed his hopes of an individual medal.

But the Hallamshire Harrier, who is also a…