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Tobi Amusan: A “Clean Athlete” indeed, as AIU Lift Provisional Suspension

By Ikio Biobelemoye

Aug 17, 2023

Tobi Amusan has been cleared by the Athletics Integrity Unit and is set to compete in the World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary which begins on 19 August 2023.

This was revealed on Thursday in a post on X/Twitter by the Athletics Integrity unit.

” A panel of the Disciplinary Tribunal, by majority decision, has today found that Tobi Amusan has not committed an Anti-Doping Rule Violation (ADRV) of three Whereabouts Failures within a 12-month period.

AIU Head Brett Clothier has indicated the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) is disappointed by this decision and will review the reasoning in detail before deciding whether to exercise its right of appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) within the applicable deadline.

The decision is currently confidential but will be published in due course.
Amusan’s provisional suspension has now been lifted with immediate effect.”

Speaking in respect to AIU’s Anti-Doping Rule Violation claim in July, Amusan insisted that she was a clean athlete, one which the AIU has attested to.

“I am a clean athlete, and I am regularly (maybe more than usual) tested by the AIU,”

“Today the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) has charged me with an alleged rule violation for having 3 missed tests in 12 months.

Tobi Amusan

“I intend to fight this charge and will have my case decided by a tribunal of 3 arbitrators before the start of next month’s World Championships.

The 26-year-old would look to defend her crown In the upcoming World Athletics Championships, which she won in last year’s edition at Hayward Field in Eugene in July 2022.

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