World steeplechase champion Marta Dominguez has been suspended from her post as a vice president of the Spanish athletics federation (RFEA) after she was implicated in a doping probe, the RFEA said on Friday.

The federation published a letter sent to Dominguez by president Jose Maria Odriozola in which he informed her of the decision to provisionally suspend her after her home was raided on Thursday and she was temporarily taken into custody.
""Given the events of yesterday relating to an alleged doping scheme in which you were implicated ... I have decided to provisionally suspend your term as vice president of the Royal Spanish Athletics Federation,"" Odriozola wrote.
With her trademark pink headband and matching running shoes, Dominguez is one of Spain's most popular athletes and was European Athlete of the Year in 2009.
Last month the 35-year-old announced that she will not defend her world title in Daegu next year as she is pregnant for the first time and would shift her focus to preparing for the 2012 Olympics in London, which would be her fourth Games.
The fact that she had been released from police custody under suspicion of trafficking and distributing banned substances had badly damaged the image of Spanish athletics, Odriozola added.
""I hope that these charges are swiftly resolved and we can learn the extent of your implication in this scheme as soon as possible,"" the letter concluded.
Authorities said on Thursday police had taken 14 people in for questioning around the country as part of an anti-doping operation known as 'Greyhound'.
Sports doctors, pharmacists, trainers, coaches, representatives and sportspeople were among those detained, suspected of crimes against public health, the Ministry of the Interior said in a statement.
Spanish television showed images of police taking items from Dominguez's home in Palencia.
Police said the operation began back in April when they became aware of a group of people who appeared to be helping sports people at the highest level to use drugs.
Among those detained were people implicated in the 2006 Operation Puerto anti-doping probe which rocked the world of cycling.
(Source: Reuters)