
Nijel Amos banned for three years
Reading Time: 1min | Wed. 03.05.23. | 14:40
His results on and since 4 June 2022 have been disqualified.
Nijel Amos, the 2012 Olympics 800m silver medalist, has been banned for three years.
Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) announced the ban after Amos tested positive for GW1516 last year and was provisionally suspended.
The AIU said the ban would come into effect from July 12 2022, which was the date of his provisional suspension, and end on July 11 2025.
He received a reduction on the standard four-year penalty because he admitted to the charge.
“His results on and since 4 June 2022 have been disqualified,” the statement added.
The AIU ruling said Amos initially asked for tests to be run on a supplement he had been taking before the positive test. No traces of GW1516 were found in either the bottle he had used or another, unopened bottle of the same supplement, the AIU said, adding Amos then signed a form admitting to the doping charges.
GW1516 was developed to help build endurance and burn fat but was found to cause cancer during tests on rodents.
Amos equaled the third-fastest time in 800 history at the age of 18 when he won the silver medal behind world record-breaking David Rudisha of Kenya at the 2012 London Games, becoming Botswana’s first-ever Olympic medalist. His silver medal is not affected by the doping ruling.



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