2739264, But those aren’t first time offenses. Posted by allStah, Fri Jun-04-21 06:59 PM
Brianna was banned in 2017 for missing 3 drug tests within a 12 month testing cycle. The USADA allow athletes to miss up to 2 tests per cycle without being penalized, a 3rd missed test will lead to a suspension being issued.
You have to either be dumb or cheating to miss 3 drug tests per testing cycle. Every USATF athlete is required to provide their whereabouts for every day of the week, and choose a time to be available for 1 hour on each one of those days for testing purposes. So if I’m going to be in New York from 6am-12am everyday, and I choose to be available from 12pm-1pm everyday, then USADA has to be able to reach me at that location and between that time. If something comes up I have to notify them, and they understand that things happen in life beyond someone’s control, so that is why missing 2 test per cycle is allotted.
But Brianna dodged her testers when they tried to reach her. A tester came to her house during her 1 hour availability window. She wasn’t home. The tester called her, and Brianna stated that she was at the airport, and that the tester could met her there. Well, the tester goes to the airport, but Brianna wasn’t there. The tester calls Brianna again to locate her. She tells the tester that she boarded her flight.....Keep in mind, she had already missed 2 tests. The tester tells her that she will be marked as a missed test, which will lead to an automatic ban.
Brianna still had dope in her system and was basically dodging the tester, and made it worse by sending the tester on a wild chase. So now you add this tampering offense on top of that, and you have yourself a serial violator. That’s why they issued a 5 year ban.
Christian Coleman has a similar history with the USADA.
They do not fock around in the United States. Jamaica’s testing protocols are more relaxed, which is insane, no way are all their athletes clean.
Athletes would rather get banned for missing tests than to get banned for testing positive. They can always deny any wrong doing in those situations.
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