American Christian Coleman, who became 100m world champion in October 2019 in Doha (Qatar), has been provisionally suspended for breaches of his anti-doping localization obligations, the Athletics Integrity Unit (IAU) said on Wednesday .
Coleman (24), who had already nearly missed the Worlds for three shortcomings in less than a year (ultimately reduced to two), risks a suspension of two years and therefore miss the Olympics in Tokyo next year.
The last no-show in December 2019
The American, also vice world champion in distance queen in 2017 and holder of the world record for the 60 m indoor (6 sec 34), announced himself on the night of Tuesday to Wednesday to have missed a new control in December 2019, leading to its provisional suspension announced a few hours later by the anti-doping organization.
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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