2023-05-17 13:13:17
The decision was expected, it fell on Wednesday. The French Anti-Doping Agency (AFLD) formalized the suspension for four years of the French sprinter Amaury Golitin (26 years old) for non-compliance with his whereabouts obligations as well as falsification of documents. The sanction was the subject of an agreement between Golitin and the AFLD, which initially risked five years of suspension.
The 100 meter specialist, who was one of the main members of the 4×100 tricolor, had already been temporarily deprived of competitions since June 2022. This decision by the AFLD will deprive him of the world championships in Budapest, scheduled for this summer, then of the Games. Paris 2024 Olympics. He will no longer be able to compete before June 2026.
Golitin acknowledged the facts
Golitin had admitted that he had failed to transmit his whereabouts information three times in the allotted time.in the columns of The team March 16, 2023. The first fault took place in the first quarter of 2021, the second during a competition with the French team in Poland, at the beginning of May 2021, during which he did not change his place of residence, supposed to be in INSEP.
Finally, the third dates from June 17, 2021. An AFLD controller wanted to carry out an unannounced check at INSEP, where the sprinter was to be. The latter was not on the scene, he then arrived late at the control. He thus admitted to having tried to thwart this third failure by falsifying his taxi and bank statements and by advancing a personal emergency.
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