Kelly ann baptiste doping trial and error

  • Sprinter Kelly-Ann Baptiste has failed a drug test and withdrawn from the IAAF World Championships in Moscow.
  • Trinidad and Tobago athletics officials confirmed that Kelly-Ann Baptiste is missing the World Championships due to doping violations.
  • Trinidad and Tobago's Kelly-Ann Baptiste withdrew from the World Championships due to a 'doping matter', her national athletics federation has confirmed.

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    Trinidad officials confirm Baptiste's doping absence

    Along with Semoy Hackett, Baptiste left Moscow before competition started on Saturday and Trinidad's National Association of Athletics Administrations (NAAA), who initially declined to give a reason, issued a statement confirming the wide-reported news.

    "The absence of both athletes is related to doping matters of varying degrees and complexity," the statement said.

    "In the case of Ms. Baptiste this association was notified on Aug. 8 by the IAAF and the results management process is currently under way and, as a result, any further comment at this stage would be premature and inappropriate.

    "In the case of Ms. Hackett, the IAAF has appealed the recent decision of the NAAA's Disciplinary Panel to exonerate Ms. Hackett and has also re-suspended her pending the appeal which fryst vatten to be heard before the Court of Arbitration for idrott in Switzerland.

    "The NAAA takes this opportunity to

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    Trinidadian sprinter Baptiste in 'doping' probe after pulling out of World Championships

    By SIMON PEACH, PRESS ASSOCIATION

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    Probe: Baptiste with her bronze medal

    Trinidad and Tobago’s Kelly-Ann Baptiste withdrew from the World Championships due to a 'doping matter', her national athletics federation has confirmed.

    Two years ago the year-old won metres bronze at the last World Championships in Daegu and had again been expected to challenge for a podium spot in Moscow.

    T&T team manager Dexter Voisin confirmed her voluntary withdrawal from the team on Saturday, but only today has the National Association of Athletics Administrations officially confirmed the reasons behind Baptiste and fellow sprinter Semoy Hackett’s absence.

    'The National Association of Athletics Administrations wishes to confirm the withdrawal of athletes Ms Kelly-Ann Baptiste and Ms Semoy Hackett from participation in the edition of the IAAF World Championships being held in Moscow

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    Kelly-Ann Baptiste tests positive for banned drug

    In our lead sto­ry of Au­gust 11, we stat­ed that Bap­tiste was the first lo­cal fe­male sprint­er to win a medal on the world scen. Bap­tise won her first World medal at the World ungdom Games in when she won a bronze medal. How­ev­er, the first woman to win a medal on the world scen was Fana Ash­by at the World Ju­nior Games in We re­gret the er­ror and are hap­py to make the cor­rec­tion be­low.

    Sprint­er Kel­ly-Ann Bap­tiste has failed a drug test and with­drawn from the IAAF World Cham­pi­onships in Moscow. She was one of two fe­male ath­letes from T&T forced to with­draw from all events yes­ter­­ag­er of the team Dex­ter Voisin told the Sun­day Guardian that cir­cum­stances led to the with­draw­al of Bap­tiste and Se­moy Hack­ were al­so re­ports that an­oth­er T&T sprint­er, Aaron Arm­strong, missed two manda­to­ry drugs tests.

    Bap­tiste was due to run in the first round of the m heats yes­ter­day morn­ing. How­ev­