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The Bahrain athlete, who won gold at the World
Championships in Doha last year, pleaded her innocence despite being
suspended by the AIU on Friday for failing to make herself available for
anti-doping tests.
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Agencies
The Bahrain athlete, who won gold at the World Championships
in Doha last year, pleaded her innocence despite being suspended by the AIU on
Friday for failing to make herself available for anti-doping tests.
In an Instagram video, Naser had said she had “only missed
three drug tests” and that the missed tests came before the September event in
Doha.
“Following conclusion
of the investigation and a fourth whereabouts failure in January 2020, a Notice
of Charge was issued and Ms Naser subject to an immediate provisional
suspension.”
According to World Athletics Anti-Doping Rules, any
combination of three whereabouts failures -- filing failures or missed tests --
within a 12-month period by an athlete constitutes an anti-doping violation.
Athletes guilty of whereabouts failures could face two-year
bans or a minimum of one year depending on the degree of fault.
The AIU added it would not comment any further as the
disciplinary process was still ongoing.
The 22-year-old Naser, who had said she had not been tested
this year, hoped she could soon put the issue behind her.
“It can happen to
anybody. I don’t want people to get confused in all this because I would never
cheat,” she had said on the video.
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