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Nonchalant attitude enough to sink world champion for missed doping test

Nonchalant attitude enough to sink world champion for missed doping test

A Court of Arbitration for Sport ('CAS') Panel found a 2019 world athletics champion was negligent in missing a pre-arranged doping test despite her excuses that the testing officer attended the wrong building, causing her to miss last year's Tokyo Olympics.

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