“I am clean of doping violation charge” – Tobi Amusan

Tobi Amusan, Nigeria’s queen of the tracks and Women’s hurdles world record holder, has dismissed a doping rule violation charge levelled at her by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU).

“I am a clean athlete, and I am regularly (maybe more than usual) tested by the AIU,’’ the 26-year-old athletics sensation posted on her Instagram page on Wednesday after the charge.

“I was tested within days of my third `missed test’. I have faith that this will be resolved in my favour, and I will be competing at the 2023 World Championships in August,’’ she stated.

The 2023 World Athletics Championship is scheduled to take place in Budapest from August 19 to August 27.

“Today (Wednesday), the AIU charged me with an alleged rule violation for having missed three tests in 12 months.

“I intend to fight this charge and will have my case decided by a tribunal of three arbitrators before the start of next month’s World Championships,’’ she stated.

Tobi set the current world record of 12.12 seconds for the women’s 100-metre hurdles at the 2022 World Athletics Championships held at the University of Oregon, United States of America.

On Sunday, she set a new meet record at the Silesia Diamond League competition in Poland. It was her second Diamond League victory this season.

Tobi was part of Nigeria’s 4100 relay squad that won gold at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.

The quartet was stripped of the medal, however, after anchor runner Grace Nwokocha failed a doping test.

Athletics has a three-strike rule that states that if an athlete does not provide accurate whereabouts information for a doping test, he or she may incur a declaration of a missed test or a filing failure.

Three strikes in a 12-month period is an anti-doping violation.