2012 Olympic silver medalist within the males’s 800 m, Nijel Amos. Photo Credit: NijelAmos/Twitter
Nijel Amos, a 2012 Olympic silver medalist within the males’s 800 m, has been banned for three years for doping, the Athletics Integrity Unit stated in a ruling revealed on May 3.
The runner from Botswana examined optimistic for the banned substance GW1516 final yr within the run-up to the monitor world championships and acquired a discount on the usual four-year ban as a result of he admitted to the costs. The ban guidelines Amos out of subsequent yr’s Paris Olympics.
Amos equalled the third-fastest time in 800 historical past on the age of 18 when he received the silver medal behind world record-breaking David Rudisha of Kenya on the 2012 London Games, changing into Botswana’s first-ever Olympic medallist. His silver medal shouldn’t be affected by the doping ruling.
The 29-year-old Amos is a three-time Olympian who has received titles on the African Championships and Commonwealth Games. His time of 1 minute, 41.73 seconds from the 2012 Olympics stays the world junior file.
The AIU ruling stated Amos initially requested for exams to be run on a complement he had been taking earlier than the optimistic take a look at. No traces of GW1516 have been present in both the bottle he had used or one other, unopened bottle of the identical complement, the AIU stated, including Amos then signed a type admitting to the doping expenses.
GW1516 was developed to assist construct endurance and burn fats however was discovered to trigger most cancers throughout exams on rodents. Anti-doping organisations have warned athletes to not apply it to security grounds. It has been present in doping instances in numerous sports activities and in addition led to a ban for one other 2012 Olympic medalist, Russian racewalker Elena Lashmanova.
