Doping headlines ahead of the World Cup
Ignorant stars annoy track and field boss
8/1/2023 8:26 am
Several prominent athletes have been suspended three weeks before the World Championships in Athletics. World association boss Sebastian Coe expresses himself in clear words. The two-time Olympic champion is extremely upset about the athletes’ violations of the reporting obligation.
After the recent doping headlines in athletics, World Federation President Sebastian Coe expressed his anger at violations of the reporting obligation. 100-meter hurdles world champion and world record holder Tobi Amusan was recently suspended for three such violations. The Nigerian’s case is due to be heard before the World Championships in Budapest from August 19-27, and she faces a ban.
“The vast majority of athletes who don’t cheat don’t have problems with reporting. It’s very simple: they have to report where they are for one hour a day. It’s not brain surgery,” Coe told an international media round . “The same athletes who complain about the obligation to report post something every hour during the day.” All athletes he knows take the obligation to report very seriously. “Sorry, that’s not that difficult,” emphasized the 66-year-old Briton.
The two-time Olympic champion emphasized that athletics has improved its reputation far more than any other sport in the past two years because it has tackled the issues surrounding doping. Most recently, Olympic pole vault champion Thiago Braz from Brazil was suspended on suspicion of doping, he is accused of taking an anabolic steroid. Braz won gold at home in Rio de Janeiro in 2016.
In addition, in recent years there have been repeated cases of Kenyan runners who have been found to have violated the rules. Coe also explained the increased number of positive cases with the increased efforts in the fight against doping in Kenya. Some athletes from the East African country, which is one of the world’s strongest nations in running disciplines, were among the most tested athletes ever. But he doesn’t want to use the word “target,” Coe said.