casual obsever wrote:
Phone calls are mentioned only twice in the 2021 isti, both under 4.8.8.
One phone call is allowed (but not required) after 55 minutes of waiting, with 5 minutes to go. If the athlete then arrives 6 minutes later --> missed test.
If an Athlete is not available for Testing during their specified 60-minute time slot at the location specified for that time slot for that day, they will be liable for a Missed Test even if they are located later that day and a Sample is successfully collected from them.So, calling Coleman seven hours before the test is not allowed.
Calling Simpson during the 60 minutes and then driving 50 - 60 miles to her in the neighboring city is also not allowed, for no one can drive that far in the remaining 5 minutes.
Rekrunner already conceded these points when they came up last time, but trolls gotta troll.
What did AIU say again after the Coleman CAS verdict?
Brett Clothier, Head of the AIU, said: “We welcome the decision in this case. No notice out of competition testing is a fundamental pillar of the World Anti-Doping Code and is only possible with strict enforcement of whereabouts requirements. The decision confirms that athletes must take their whereabouts responsibilities seriously and be present at their indicated location during their daily 60-minute testing slot. It is not sufficient for athletes to be near their indicated location and to rely on being called by the doping control officer. The whereabouts requirements apply to all elite athletes around the world in equal measure.”Evidently, USADA should have recorded a lot more missed tests than they did.
"Trolls gotta troll"? That doesn't ever sound like the argument of a winner.
I conceded what? I can't rule out a fading memory, but I don't recall ever discussing Simpson. Coleman received 4 whereabouts failures and two bans. Maybe Simpson was counted as a missed test too. We don't usually know until after 3 failures. I recall discussing Brianna Rollins, but this was also counted as a whereabouts failure.
I think it is always allowed to test an athlete outside their city outside their 1-hour window.
The AIU can speak for its testing program, but doesn't speak for USADA or the ISTI.
The question here is what is the codified consequence for the ADA/ADO and/or the DCO for any deviations from the ISTI? The ISTI says to note any deviations in the DCO report, and conduct the testing anyway, and any patterns will be useful input for determining testing strategy. The ISTI acknowledges that "no notice" testing will not always be possible, and WADA Guidelines give the DCO a fair amount of latitude to decide what is reasonable under each circumstance to locate the athlete.