Ms. Alemtsehay Asefa is a 26-year-old marathon runner from Ethiopia and has been banned for two years for whereabouts failures.
According to the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU), three times in 12 months, a doping control officer arrived at her door to take a test. The athlete had indicated that she would be available at those times and at the address provided. Each time, no explanation was given.
She missed tests on February 19, July 25 and Oct., 24, 2023.
She has a marathon personal best of 2:24:42 from 2022 and has been running competitively since age 18 in 2017. Her half-marathon best is 1:10:51.
She was first provisionally suspended last year; however, she may have filed an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
From the AIU
A Missed Test and a Filing Failure are defined in the International Standard for Results Management (“ISRM”) respectively as follows:
“Missed Test: A failure by the Athlete to be available for Testing at the location and time specified in the 60-minute time slot identified in their Whereabouts Filing for the day in question, in accordance with Article 4.8 of the International Standard for Testing and Investigations and Annex B.2 of the International Standard for Results Management.
Filing Failure: A failure by the Athlete (or by a third party to whom the Athlete has delegated the task) to make an accurate and complete Whereabouts Filing that enables the Athlete to be located for Testing at the times and locations set out in the Whereabouts Filing or to update that Whereabouts Filing where necessary to ensure that it remains accurate and complete, all in accordance with Article 4.8 of
the International Standard for Testing and Investigations and Annex B.2 of the International Standard for Results Management.”
