The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) has alleged Tobi Amusan of rule violation for having missed three tests in 12 months, Tobi Amusan disclosed this on her Instagram account this morning.
This charge is coming arely a month before the World Championships in Budapest, Hungary,
Amusan in a post on her Instagram page early this revealed that the AIU has charged her with an alleged violation of missing three tests within 12 months, an allegation she has vowed to challenge.
The athlete says she intend to fight this charge and will have my case decided by a tribunal of 3 arbitrators before the start of the next World Championships, I am a CLEAN ATHLETE and I am regularly; maybe more than usual tested by the AIU. I was tested within days of my third ‘missed test’ I have FAITH this will be resolved in my favour and I will be competing at the World Championships in August.
In the meantime, she pleas with the media to respect her privacy while I address these allegations in the upcoming arbitration.
Meanwhile, many for now are eagerly waiting to see Amusan clear her name so she can successfully defend the world title she won in 2022 in Oregon this year in Budapest.
The world record holder who appears to have conquered her slow start to the season has won three races consecutively lately.
She was tops at the Diamond League Meetings in Stockholm and Silesia before adding another first-place finish at the Gyulai István Memorial on Tuesday.
In light of the law under the World Athletics Anti-Doping Rules, any combination of three whereabouts failures (Filing Failure and/or Missed Test) within a period of 12 months constitutes an anti-doping rule violation, for which the applicable sanction is two years’ ineligibility subject to a reduction to a minimum of one year depending on the degree of fault.
