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Sports Integrity Briefs – 17 August 2018
• The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has removed Karim Ibrahim, President of the Malaysian Athletics Federation (MAF), as a member of the IAAF Council. An IAAF Vetting Panel found him not eligible – within the meaning of the IAAF Constitution and IAAF Vetting Rules – to hold office as a Council Member. It is understood that Ibrahim has appealed the decision to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).
• The Appeals Panel of India’s National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA India) has overturned a four year ban issued to Jithin Paul, and has exonerated the hurdler. Paul was sanctioned with a four year ban in March this year, after being accused of possession of meldonium. The Appeals Panel decision has yet to be published.
• The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) of the IAAF has charged Kenyan Kipyegon Bett with ‘refusing or failing to submit to sample collection’, it announced on Twitter (see below). The London 2017 800m bronze medalist has been provisionally suspended until his case is heard.
#NEWS @AIU_Athletics issues a Notice of Charge against Kipyegon Bett for refusing or failing to submit to sample collection, Article 2.3 of the #antidoping Rules. The #Kenyan middle-distance runner is Provisionally Suspended from all competition, more: https://t.co/Cq4Q2MR0LJ
— AIU (@AIU_Athletics) August 16, 2018
• A former professional tennis player has been sentenced to 20 hours of community service after pleading guilty to one charge of match-fixing and seven drug-related offences, reports AAP. Brisbane Magistrates Court found that Isaac Frost had conspired with Oliver Anderson to fix an ATP Challenger match in Victoria in 2016. Frost was charged by Queensland Police in June last year.
• Basque cyclist Xuban Errazkin has returned two adverse analytical findings (AAFs) for terbutaline, reports Portuguese newspaper Record. Errazkin recently won the best young rider classification at the Volta a Portugal, but it is understood that he returned the two AAFs two months previously, at the Gran Premio Abimota. Terbutaline is an anti-asthma drug that features on the World Anti-Doping Agency’s (WADA) Prohibited List, but is permitted with a Therapeutic Use Exemption (TUE). A terbutaline AAF does not trigger an automatic provisional suspension.
