One of the greatest distance runners in history banned from the Olympics - WTF?

Anon wrote:

Under the IAAF out-of-competition drug testing rules, any athlete competing and who is ranked among the top 50 in the World is subject to out-of-competition drug testing by their testing agency, USADA. The IAAF out-of-competition drug testing program is conducted pursuant to the provisions set forth in the IAAF Procedural Guidelines for Doping Control (PDF).

..... Any competing athlete.... If they're banned from competing, they don't qualify for out of competition testing.

"competing" needs to be defined

hmm.. wrote:

Jeff Wigand wrote:

If the federation doesn't want you to leave, they can stop you from leaving the country.

How? No athletics federation has such power that I'm aware of.

You need an exit visa to leave the country.

"Kenenisa is not due to run until the end of February, but this is going to affect seven or eight athletes who are supposed to be running in the Dubai marathon in a week's time."

Anon wrote:

..... Any competing athlete.... If they're banned from competing, they don't qualify for out of competition testing.

They're not banned as far as the IAAF is concerned. They're just being prevented from traveling abroad.