In October 2023 the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU), on behalf of World Athletics, reported an anti-doping rule violation against the Ugandan Athlete Prisca Chesang after her A and B samples tested positive for the prohibited substance Furosemide.
Following notification the Athlete denied the intentional use of the substance and could not explain how the substance had entered her system. Further she objected to accept a provisional suspension.
Nevertheless in December 2023 the provisional suspension was ordered and thereupon in Januari 2024 the Athlete's legal representatives informed the AIU that they had withdrawn from representing the Athlete. Hereafter the Athlete failed to respond to the AIU communications.
The AIU concludes that the Athlete failed to prove that the violation was not intentional, nor the source of the prohibited substance. Because she did not respond within the set deadline the AIU determines in January 2024 that she was deemed to have admitted the violation, waived her right for a hearing and accepted the consequences.
Therefore the AIU decides on 23 January 2024 to impose a 2 year period of ineligibility on the Athlete, starting on the date of the provisional suspension, i.e. on 6 December 2023.
