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Anti-doping regulators are appealing a determination that exonerated world-record hurdler Tobi Amusan from a usurpation for missing cause tests that could person outgo her a twelvemonth oregon much retired of the sport.
Nigerian was suspended for missing 3 tests successful span of a year, but appeals sheet overturned decision
Eddie Pells · The Associated Press
· Posted: Sep 18, 2023 7:38 PM EDT | Last Updated: 2 minutes ago
Anti-doping regulators are appealing a determination that exonerated world-record hurdler Tobi Amusan from a usurpation for missing cause tests that could person outgo her a twelvemonth oregon much retired of the sport.
The Athletics Integrity Unit said Monday it filed its entreaty to the Court of Arbitration for Sport past week.
The AIU provisionally suspended Amusan for missing 3 tests successful the span of a year, but an appeals sheet overturned the suspension, which allowed her to vie earlier this summertime astatine satellite championships, wherever she finished sixth.
"I'm present competing and that's each that matters. Next," she said, successful a testy bid of exchanges with reporters aft the opening heats, erstwhile she was repeatedly asked whether the uncertainty had bothered her.
On the aforesaid way successful Eugene, Oregon, astatine worlds successful 2022, Amusan shocked fans by moving a satellite grounds 12.12 seconds successful the 100 hurdles successful the semifinal round. She won the golden successful a clip of 12.06 that did not spell into the grounds books due to the fact that the tailwind was excessively strong.
Two months ago, she took to societal media to denote she had been accused of a alleged whereabouts violation. Elite athletes person to supply elaborate logs of wherever they'll beryllium during parts of each time truthful they tin beryllium approached for "no-notice" tests. Those who miss 3 tests successful the span of the twelvemonth tin beryllium sanctioned.
Her suspension was lifted conscionable earlier the championships, wherever AIU seat David Howman said an entreaty to CAS was possible. He said the determination that cleared Amusan near AIU with "some interest that it mightiness acceptable a precedent that would marque it hard for aboriginal cases."
