The World Athletics Organization has provided an update regarding the doping investigation involving Nigerian track athlete, Tobi Amusan.
Contrary to recent reports, World Athletics has clarified that it has not cleared Amusan to participate in the upcoming 2023 World Athletics Championships scheduled to be held in Budapest, Hungary.
Amusan’s name was excluded by Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) from the competition as she is currently under doping investigation by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU).
Reports surfaced last weekend that the 26-year-old has been cleared to take part at the World Athletics Championships.
But the body has now moved to deny the reports.
“Please be advised, reports that say Tobi Amusan has been cleared to compete in Budapest are wrong,” Nicole Jeffery, World Athletics’ Head of Communications said in a statement.
“No decision has been made in this case yet. When a decision is made, it will be announced by the Athletics Integrity Unit.”
It would be recalled that the World Athletics included Amusan’s name on the entry list for the competition published last week but with a provision that her participation would depend on the outcome of the whereabouts failure charge preferred against her by the AIU.
