Lazraq-Khlass banned for whereabouts violation
"The Disciplinary Tribunal has suspended Auriana Lazraq-Khlass for 22 months with effect from 26 March 2026 for breaches of her whereabouts obligations," the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) wrote on X.
Key points
- Lazraq-Khlass suspended for whereabouts violation GB and Wales' Griffiths banned after drug test Former 100m world champion Kerley banned for two years.
- Lazraq-Khlass had been provisionally suspended since March and will remain out of action until January 2028, six months prior to the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles.
- The tribunal said that while Lazraq-Khlass "did not appear to be attempting to evade testing" she had nevertheless displayed "carelessness and negligence".
Lazraq-Khlass, the 2024 European silver medallist, was accused of three breaches of the whereabouts requirements between February and November 2025.
Additional details
- The 27-year-old did not contest her first two breaches, having failed to update her whereabouts in the app that allows the anti-doping authorities to track athletes.
- She did contest the third breach, saying that when she tried to update her whereabouts for the following day, it was instead applied retrospectively to the same day.
- The punishment of a 22-month suspension is slightly less than the potential two-year maximum, while her results going back to 20 November 2025 will be wiped out.
- She competed at the 2024 Olympics in Paris and finished 16th and also secured 12th and 18th-place finishes at the 2023 and 2025 World Championships.
- The World Anti-Doping Code states an athlete cannot miss three anti-doping tests and/or filing failures within a 12-month period.
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