Missing three drugs tests in a year ‘is normal’, says Salwa Eid Naser
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World 400m champion has been provisionally suspended
Bahraini has run third fastest one-lap time in history
Salwa Eid Naser, who ran the third-fastest 400m in history at last year’s world championships in Doha, has made the extraordinary claim that missing three drugs tests in a 12-month period “is normal” after she was provisionally suspended by the Athletics Integrity Unit.
“I’ve never been a cheat. I will never be,” said the 22-year-old Bahraini in an Instagram live video. “I only missed three drug tests, which is normal. It happens. It can happen to anybody. I don’t want people to get confused in all this because I would never cheat.” Naser, who is facing a two-year ban, also claimed that her missed tests all came before she ran 48.14 seconds in Doha to claim a surprise gold medal ahead of the Olympic champion Shaunae Miller-Uibo. “This year I have not been drug tested,” she said. “We are still talking about the ones of last season before the world championships.” Naser’s time was the fastest in 34 years, with only the East German Marita Koch and the Czech athlete Jarmila Kratochvilova having ever run faster. Continue reading...
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