{"id":15479,"date":"2023-09-20T22:08:06","date_gmt":"2023-09-20T22:08:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/?p=15479"},"modified":"2023-09-20T22:08:06","modified_gmt":"2023-09-20T22:08:06","slug":"tobi-amusan-unfazed-by-aiu-appeal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/?p=15479","title":{"rendered":"Tobi Amusan Unfazed By AIU Appeal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former world champion and three-time Diamond League winner Tobi Amusan seems unbothered by the latest move by the Athletics Integrity Unit to challenge her racing status after the body appealed their disciplinary panel\u2019s decision to clear her of doping violations.<\/span><\/p>\n

The AIU provisionally suspended Amusan for three whereabouts failures in a year, but a disciplinary panel overturned the suspension, which allowed her to compete at the World Championships last month, where she finished sixth.<\/span><\/p>\n

On Sunday, the Nigerian hurdler ended the season on a high as she won her third consecutive Diamond League title in a season\u2019s best time of 12.33s at the Prefontaine Classic \u2013 on the same track in Eugene, Oregon, where she won her world title and set a new word record of 12.12s in 2022.<\/span><\/p>\n

While the AIU came out on Monday that it had filed an appeal on her clearance, the Nigerian is relishing some of the things that contributed to her consecutive Diamond League triumphs.<\/span><\/p>\n

On Tuesday, she posted a picture mix of her Diamond League wins in 2021, 2022 and 2023 and captioned it, \u201cAll glory to El Roi. Keeping my natural hair for every Diamond League final may have its own good luck effect too.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the AIU has come under heavy criticism for their seemingly cynical move on the hurdler.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s beyond comprehension, to my mind, that the AIU has no confidence in its own disciplinary committee to come to a fair and just ruling. Clearly, some people at the AIU are determined that Amusan has to be nailed to the \u2018drugs cheat\u2019 cross, by any means necessary. I find this deeply disturbing,\u201d journalist Osasu Obayiuwana posted on X.<\/span><\/p>\n

Some fans also questioned the timing of the appeal.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhen she came sixth at the world athletic championships, you kept quiet. Now that she proved herself by winning the diamond league in a star-studded field, you suddenly remember to file an appeal in order to wreck her career. It\u2019s clear now that you are jealous of her dominance,\u201d Folarin Benson stated.<\/span><\/p>\n

Another fan, Asiru Abbas, also wrote on X, \u201cYou will never succeed in bringing her down. You didn\u2019t appeal the decision to clear Gabby Thomas, you also banned the Mexican athlete that tested positive for cocaine for just six months to show how biased you are. It\u2019s time to come after AIU & expose all the cover-up doping cases.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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