- No punishment for Salwa Eid Naser over missed test
- Doping officer knocked on door containing gas canisters
The world 400m champion Salwa Eid Naser has escaped a doping ban on a technicality – after one of her missed drug tests was struck off due to a “confused” tester knocking on a door containing gas canisters by mistake.
An independent tribunal found that a doping control officer who had come to test Naser in Bahrain in April 2019 had been thrown off by the unusual numbering system on the buildings around her apartment.
Written by Sean Ingle
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/oct/20/world-400m-champion-misses-ban-after-tester-knocked-on-door-of-gas-canisters-athletics-salwa-eid-naser under the title “World 400m champion escapes ban after tester knocked on wrong door”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
