French hurdler Wilfried Happio has been provisionally suspended for whereabouts failures, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) said on Thursday.
Under the World Anti-Doping Agency’s “whereabouts” rule athletes must make themselves available to drug testers for one hour a day for out-of-competition testing.
Three whereabouts failures within a 12-month period results in a rule violation under World Athletics anti-doping rules.
Athletes found guilty in a hearing can be sanctioned for two years.
“We will take time to analyse and we will present our arguments to the AIU”, Happio’s lawyer, Anthony Mottais, said.
Happio, 26, won a 400 metres hurdles silver medal at the 2022 European Championships in Munich. He is a twice Olympian, reaching the semi-finals at the Tokyo and Paris Games.
