Paris (AFP)
Bahrain Salwa Eid Naser, who became world champion in the 400m in October 2019 in Doha (Qatar), has been provisionally suspended for breaches of his anti-doping localization obligations, the Integrity Unit said on Friday. athletics (IAU).
Salwa Eid Naser (22), already vice-world champion in 2017, made history in Doha with the 3rd fastest lap time of all time on the lap (48 sec 14).
The Nigerian of origin, who took the nationality of her father in 2014, had preceded the Bahamian favorite Shaunae Miller-Uibo (48.37) with a speed not seen for 34 years and the world record of the East German Marita Koch in 1985 (47 sec 60).
Salwa Eid Naser has experienced tremendous progress since the Rio Olympics in 2016 (eliminated in the semi-finals at 18) with a gain of almost a second per season.
Very high level athletes are subject to scrupulous localization obligations (address, training courses, training, competitions), having to inform each day a time slot of one hour and a place in order to be able to be tested unexpectedly.
Three breaches of these obligations (a missed check, the "no show", or imprecise information) in less than a year are punishable by two years of suspension.
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