The interrogation with McNeal took place on July 1 and the case has been processed at express speed when the verdict was announced already yesterday.

Due to the short time required, a judgment usually takes a couple of weeks to write, only the decision is announced and not the underlying reasons behind it.

They will be communicated later. 

The suspension is backdated to August 15, 2020 and 29-year-old McNeal is not free to compete again until August 15, 2025, which means that she will miss the Olympics in Tokyo later this summer, the World Cup at home in Eugene, Oregon, next year and the Olympics in Paris 2024.

In December 2016, she was suspended for one year for deficiencies in stay reporting.

The second verdict is that she manipulated doping tests.

During the investigation, McNeal was allowed to compete in the American championships, where she finished second and qualified for the Olympics, a place she is now losing.

"The Cas panel rejected the appeal of Brianna McNeal and partially upheld the appeal of the International Athletics Federation," Cas wrote in his judgment.

Indicates trauma after an abortion as a reason

McNeal has written a post on her Instagram where she explains that she was upset after an abortion and could not make the right decision.

McNeal writes that she was questioned by white European men who could not understand her situation as a black woman.

"They criticized me and completely ignored the fact that I was in a physical and mental trauma after undergoing an abortion and that I did not have the best mental status when I made certain decisions," McNeal writes without going into what she is accused of. for.

"Instead of being met with some kind of humanity and understanding, I was interrogated and stigmatized," continues McNeal, who is supported by Trayvon Bromell, the world's fastest man in the 100 meters this year, and Dalilah Muhammad, who set the world record in the 400 meters. hedge until Sunday.