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Tuesday, 18 December 2007 |
BOA warn UK athletes that they will be tougher on appeals
The British Olympic Association (BOA) have warned British athletes in the UK that appeals against lifetime Olympic bans for missed drugs tests will be much more difficult to succeed with from now on.
This caution was given following world 400m champion Christine Ohuruogu having successfully appealed against her ban.
Christine Ohuruogu, who was the third British athlete to do this, had claimed problems with the testing system and athlete education issues in defense of her case.
However, the BOA responded saying such excuses like this were becoming less plausible, and a statement by the organisation read: "The panel observed that it becomes increasingly difficult for athletes to rely upon teething problems within the (testing) system and lack of education in the same way that Ohuruogu and other successful appellants have done,
"In future, athletes might well need to brace themselves for the serious possibility of rejection of their appeals and lifetime ineligibility for the Olympic Games."
The BOA say that athletes are well aware of the consequences of missing a test, and that in future appeals like Christine Ohuruogu's would be unlikely to succeed.
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