Watching the Games was too hard, but soon after they ended, Carina Horn got her running pass back.
Two weeks ago, the South African sprinter who couldn’t represent her country in Tokyo because of her provisional suspension while being investigated for a positive drugs test from 2019, received news from World Athletics’ Athletics Integrity Unit that she’s free to compete again.
And with that, an ordeal which began with “adverse findings” in a dope test taken in September 2019 – meaning she never got to capitalise on becoming the first SA woman to dip under 11 seconds in the 100m by competing at the Doha World Championships or the Olympics – was over. “The report was so good we were going to use it at another hearing scheduled for September 10, and the advice I got was that I could win or lose.
“So I look at it differently: it was disappointing and hurtful to miss the World Championships and the Olympics, but this is probably what I needed going forward.
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