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Salwa Eid Naser, here at the 2019 World Cup in Doha
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400-meter world champion Salwa Eid Naser from Bahrain does not have to fear a ban after the hype about violations of the anti-doping rules.
The disciplinary commission of the world athletics association World Athletics has dropped charges of alleged failure to report doping tests.
The independent integrity commission AIU now has 30 days to appeal this decision to the international sports court Cas.
The AIU had accused the 22-year-old Naser of illegally missing three doping tests within one year and of having made a registration error in the system.
According to the report, the Disciplinary Commission did not recognize an alleged misconduct from April 2019 as a rule violation because the athlete could not be clearly blamed.
Because another offense was backdated, the three confirmed cases were no longer within a year - but that would have been a prerequisite for a ban.
With a spectacular appearance on October 3, 2019 in the World Cup final in Doha, Naser ran the fastest 400 meters in 34 years with 48.14 seconds, making it third on the all-time best list.
At 21 years and 133 days, she was also the youngest sprinter in history to win the stadium title.
Naser also took bronze in the 400-meter relay in Doha.
At the 2017 World Cup in London, she had already won silver in an individual race.
She had responded to the allegations with an irritating defense speech on social networks.
"I've never been a fraud and never will be," said Naser after she was temporarily suspended: "I only missed three doping tests, that's normal and can happen to anyone."
According to the AIU, three missed tests within one year would have resulted in a two-year ban, which may be shortened to one year.
Naser would have threatened the end of the Olympic Games in Tokyo in 2021.
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