The decision of the disciplinary tribunal of the International Association of Athletics Federations (World Athletics) to justify the 2019 world champion in the 400m Salva Aid Nasser caused outrage among her colleagues and attracted the attention of the leadership of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).

A Bahraini spokeswoman was accused of four times withholding her location from doping officers.

Three-time world champion in high jump Maria Lasitskene was one of the first to react to the decision.

She drew attention to the fact that in such situations, Russian athletes are rarely justified.

“It turns out that it’s faster to break the rules by missing four doping tests and become free than to become a hostage for many years for being Russian,” Lasitskene wrote on Instagram.

Most of all, however, the verdict of the disciplinary tribunal angered Nasser's immediate rivals.

2019 World Championships silver medalist Shauna Miller-Uibo called the incident "foul play" and called on the International Association of Athletics Federations (World Athletics) and its President Sebastian Coe to explain the decision in detail.

In addition, she accused the investigating Independent Body against Negative Events in Athletics (AIU) that the representative of Bahrain was not suspended from the competition in Doha after the first three violations recorded in the spring of 2019.

“I want to believe that we athletes deserve your answer and a detailed explanation of every mistake that took place in this case.

In my opinion, the federation has repeatedly let us know that it is not doing everything possible to protect the athletes and keep the sport clean, ”wrote Miller-Uibo.

Nasser also took part in the 4x400m mixed relay, where her team finished third.

Missing British sprinters Martin Rooney and Emily Diamond also expressed the opinion that the runner should have been punished.

"I have no words.

Hopefully the case will go to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), and they will show at least a little sanity there.

Absent from the specified location at the scheduled hour = missed the test.

What's unclear, "- wrote Diamond on Twitter.

WADA also reacted to the incident.

Its president, Witold Banka, assured that the matter would not remain without the attention of the organization.

“I am concerned about the decision of the disciplinary tribunal of the World Athletics Association in the case of Salva Aid Nasser.

WADA will carefully analyze it and, if necessary, will use its right to appeal, ”Banka wrote on Twitter.

In June, the AIU announced a temporary suspension of Nasser for violations of accessibility rules.

Three of them were dated March and April last year, the last one - this January.

Skipping testing three times within one year is a serious violation of the anti-doping code.

Therefore, in case of proof of guilt, the athlete was threatened with a two-year disqualification and missing the Olympic Games in Tokyo.

It is worth noting that Nasser herself did not hide that she really provided erroneous information about her location to a special ADAMS system.

She explained this by the inability to use the database, which other people filled in instead.

Even then, many were outraged by the current situation and the fact that the athlete from Bahrain was admitted to the world championship, in which she should not have participated.

But in October, the World Athletics disciplinary tribunal dropped Nasser's charge of missing the April test.

It was found that the error occurred due to the fact that the doping officer could not find the athlete, as he was trying to get into another apartment.

“Consequently, the three confirmed cases of failure to provide information about the place of residence did not occur within a 12-month period, which, in accordance with article 2.4 of the World Anti-Doping Code, is a prerequisite for proving an anti-doping rule violation,” the conclusion says.

At the same time, the court stressed that the sprinters were not relieved of responsibility for providing false information.

She was advised to learn how to use the ADAMS system and not trust third parties to fill it out.

As for the accusations against World Athletics, they noted that the disciplinary tribunal is an independent body, whose decisions are not controlled by the association.

In turn, the AIU explained Nasser's admission to the World Cup in Doha by the fact that at that time the investigation had not been completed, so the disqualification could not take effect.

The prosecuting AIU now has the opportunity to appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne (CAS) within 30 days.

It is not yet known whether the authority will exercise this right.