In May 2021 the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) of World Athletics has reported an an anti-doping rule violation against the Ethiopian Athlete Kuftu Tahir Dadiso after her sample tested positive for the prohibited substance Morphine.
After notification the Athlete admitted the violation, waived her right for a hearing, accepted a provisional suspension and the sanction proposed by AIU.
The Athlete denied the intentional use of the substance and explained with corroborating evidence that the Morphine entered her system through the accidental ingestion of Sandoz Morphine medication prescribed to her husband the night before the competition.
The AIU accepts that the violation was not intentional and that the Athlete demonstrated how the substance entered her system. Considering the circumstances the AIU finds that the Athlete acted with a normal degree of Fault.
Therefore the AIU decides on 10 November 2021 to impose an 18 month period of ineligibility on the Athlete starting on the date of the provisional suspension, i.e. on 20 May 2021.
