Farah could have missed Olympic Games


According to the UK newspaper Daily Mail, the English long distance runner Mo Farah missed two out-of-competition tests prior to the Olympic Games in 2012. A third could have cost him Olympic medals.

 

Of the 89 athletes suspended for violating the Anti-Doping Rule 2.4 – whereabout failures - we have registered in the Anti-Doping Database, 36 has been banned for one year. 17 was not allowed to compete for two years. UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) how ever has only a few cases involving this violation of this rule. Only four has been banned, and most of these has received short suspensions – three and six months. All cases happened around 2006. The longest ban was given to Christine Ohuruogu who was banned for one year. In the US, where 18 athletes has been banned for violating this rule, ten has been given a one year suspension, eight was given a two year suspension. Before 2015 the athletes must not have missed three out-of-competition tests based on whereabout-information within 18 months. This period has been cut to 12 months after the new World Anti-Doping Code came into force in 2015.

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