Amusan claims she is a clean athlete and says there is going to be an arbitration hearing before Worlds to see if she is banned or not. She set the WR of 12.12 in the 100m hurdles last year and won the world title in this event. Timing is pretty interesting since Amusan just competed today in Hungary and won in 12.35.
Nigeria’s 100 metres hurdles world record holder Tobi Amusan announced today that she has been charged by the Athletics Integrity Unit with missing th...
The surprise is the timing, or more precisely, the lack of a provisional suspension if she is really already charged and if the hearing is really next month already.
Why do professional athletes with managers/agents get charged with whereabouts violations? Shouldn't this be an easy thing for athletes to follow or am I missing something?
Why do professional athletes with managers/agents get charged with whereabouts violations? Shouldn't this be an easy thing for athletes to follow or am I missing something?
Assuming they’re not being wildly irresponsible or willfully evading a test, a lot of this can be put down to doping control officers who choose to not give the athletes a ring when they arrive at the location for the test but don’t make initial contact with them.
As I wrote on an earlier thread, an athlete could be in their hotel room during their testing window and because the doping control officer has no keycard to grant them access to the lift, the tester can either choose ring the athlete’s mobile phone or the hardline in the room and ask them to meet them at the hotel reception — or — the same tester can choose not to ring them at all and simply wait in hotel reception without attempting further contact. After an hour of not seeing the athlete in the hotel reception (because the athlete is waiting in their room as they designated on their whereabouts), the tester marks the athlete as having missed an out of competition test.
I haven’t a clue on Amusan’s particulars but the above scenario has and does happen.
Why do professional athletes with managers/agents get charged with whereabouts violations? Shouldn't this be an easy thing for athletes to follow or am I missing something?
Assuming they’re not being wildly irresponsible or willfully evading a test, a lot of this can be put down to doping control officers who choose to not give the athletes a ring when they arrive at the location for the test but don’t make initial contact with them.
As I wrote on an earlier thread, an athlete could be in their hotel room during their testing window and because the doping control officer has no keycard to grant them access to the lift, the tester can either choose ring the athlete’s mobile phone or the hardline in the room and ask them to meet them at the hotel reception — or — the same tester can choose not to ring them at all and simply wait in hotel reception without attempting further contact. After an hour of not seeing the athlete in the hotel reception (because the athlete is waiting in their room as they designated on their whereabouts), the tester marks the athlete as having missed an out of competition test.
I haven’t a clue on Amusan’s particulars but the above scenario has and does happen.
this is BS. those situations never happen.
regardless, if you are a pro with 2 missed tests, you wait every day on your front porch for a potential drug tester. you don't risk a multi-year ban when your only job is to compete in that sport.
The surprise is the timing, or more precisely, the lack of a provisional suspension if she is really already charged and if the hearing is really next month already.
