“Not Guilty of Doping”, AIU Clears Amusan For World Athletics Championships

The Athletics Integrity Unity (AIU) has cleared Tobi Amusan of an anti-doping rule violation.

The decision was announced in a statement on Thursday.

The World Athletics body said Amusan’s suspension has been lifted with immediate effect.

AIU had in July handed the Nigerian athlete a provisional suspension for allegedly “missing three tests in 12 months”.

AIU added that Amusan’s case had been transferred to a disciplinary tribunal.

Consequently, the world champion was excluded from the 26-athlete team submitted by the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) for the 2023 World Athletics Championships.

Similarly, her name on the World Athletics (WA) official list of athletes for the competition was accompanied by the caveat that her participation is based on the ruling on the case with AIU.

In the latest statement, AIU said a “majority decision” of the disciplinary tribunal ruled that Amusan “has not committed an anti-doping rule violation (ADRV) of three whereabouts failures within a 12-month period”.

The decision means Amusan would be allowed to participate and defend her women’s 100m hurdles titles at the 2023 World Athletics Championships billed to hold in Budapest, Hungary, from August 19 to 27.