Paris (AFP)
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) announced Wednesday it would not appeal the case of Christian Coleman, the American sprinter whitened Monday by the US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) while threatened with two years of suspension for breaches localization obligations.
"The AMA will not appeal in this case," wrote the instance in a message sent to AFP.
The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) can still appeal USADA's decision.
Coleman, 23, a new sprint star, benefited from an error by Usada in registering three unexpected tests supposedly missed over twelve months.
The US court had initially indicated that Coleman had breached the location rules on June 6, 2018, January 16, 2019 and April 26, 2019, "because he was not at the address he had indicated".
But Coleman argued, based on a WADA (International Standard for Controls and Investigations) regulation, that his first offense was April 1, 2018 and not June 6, 2018.
Usada, after consulting WADA, therefore deduced from this regulation that Coleman had committed not three but two offenses in twelve months, and decided Monday to whitewash the athlete, who will eventually participate in the World Athletics Doha (27 September-6 October).
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