AIU approaches Court of Arbitration for Sports over Amusan’s Doping Violation Clearance

The Athletics Integrity Unit says it has begun the process of challenging the decision to clear Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan of doping violations after the body charged her with three whereabouts failures in July, before she was cleared by a panel in August.

Amusan, who just won her third consecutive women’s 100m hurdles Diamond League title in Eugene, Oregon on Sunday will now have to go through a fresh legal battle at the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

Amusan was first provisionally suspended by the AIU in July over three whereabouts failures but the Disciplinary Tribunal ruled in favour of the world record holder two days before the World Athletics Championships in Budapest last month.

She was however unable to defend her world title in Budapest, placing 7th in the final which was won by Jamaica’s Danielle Williams.

Amusan put her World Championships woes behind her on Sunday, storming to a season’s best of 12.32s to win her third Diamond League title in Eugene.

However, Amusan’s father Kehinde, while reacting to the appeal filed by the AIU to CAS insisted his daughter will be vindicated.

On Amusan’s triumph at the Diamond League in Oregon, Kehinde added that their family never doubted Tobi’s mental ability to recover well from the setback at the World Championships in Budapest, Hungary, where she lost her title.

Also, retired sprinter and Olympic bronze medalist, Deji Aliu, said Amusan proved herself once again on the biggest stage after her triumph in Oregon on Sunday.

Abuja 2003 African Games gold medallist Aliu, said, “We knew she would bounce back and win. She was defeated psychologically prior to the World Championships in Budapest, and I believe this win will only make her stronger