Tobi Amusan Affirms Been Charged With Anti-doping Violation

By Sola Omoniyi, Lagos

World-record hurdler and Nigerian athlete, Tobi Amusan has confirmed that she has been charged with an anti-doping rules violation for missing three drug tests in 12 months.

Amusan made this known on her Instagram account on Tuesday, July 18, stating that she would fight the charges. She would be fighting the allegations in time to defend her title at the World Championships in Budapest next month.

“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 that this will be resolved in my favour and that I will be competing at the World Championships in August,” Amusan said.

Under the World Athletics Anti-Doping Rules, any combination of 3 whereabouts failures (Filing Failure and/or Missed Test) within 12 months constitutes an anti-doping rule violation, for which the applicable sanction is 2 years’ ineligibility subject to a reduction to a minimum of 1 year depending on the degree of fault.

Recall, Amusan won the Diamond League meet in Silesia on Sunday, July 16, her second win in the series this season after a victory in Stockholm.

At the Golden Spike athletics meet in the Czech Republic last month, she finished in third place in the women’s 100m hurdles, losing to reigning Olympic champion Jasmine Camacho-Quinn of Puerto Rico, who claimed victory in 12.42sec.