CAS Clears Tobi Amusan Ahead Of Paris Olympics
The Court Arbitration of Sports (CAS) has cleared Nigeria’s 100m hurdles world record holder, Tobi Amusan to run in the 2024 Paris Olympics.
The CAS dismissed the appeals filed by World Athletics (WA) and by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) against the decision to clear her of a doping offence.
In July 2023, Amusan was charged by WA for committing an Anti-Doping Rule Violation (ADRV) under Rule 2.4 WA ADR following three alleged whereabouts failures within 12 months.
Meanwhile, Amusan challenged the decision, and the World Athletics Disciplinary Tribunal (WADT) in August 2023, considered that Amusan did not violate Rule 2.4 of the WA Anti-Doping Rules (WA ADR) and that no period of ineligibility should be . imposed on the athlete.
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However, in a statement on Friday, the CAC upheld the decision of WADT that “In their respective appeals to CAS, WA and WADA had sought the imposition of two years of ineligibility.
“The CAS Panel held a hearing on Jan. 19. Having deliberated, the CAS Panel has issued its decision today dismissing both appeals.
“The CAS Panel unanimously acknowledged that the athlete committed two filing failures but did not confirm the existence of a missed test, alleged by WA and WADA, which would have been the third whereabouts failure committed within 12 months.
“Accordingly, the CAS Panel concluded that the athlete did not commit an ADRV and that the challenged decision should be confirmed.”
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