十種競技の米メダル候補、世界陸上から除外　ドーピング規定違反

【ユージーンＡＦＰ＝時事】第１８回世界陸上オレゴン大会の男子十種競技でメダル候補に挙げられていた米国のギャレット・スキャントリングが２１日、反ドーピング規定違反による暫定資格停止処分を受け入れ、大会から除外された。米国反ドーピング機関（ＵＳＡＤＡ）が明かした。（写真は米国のギャレット・スキャントリング。資料写真）
　ＵＳＡＤＡの説明によると、昨年の東京五輪で同種目４位に入ったスキャントリングは、居場所情報の申告義務を３度怠った可能性があり、その「調査中の行為」を理由に処分を科された。違反の状況について、それ以上の詳細は明かされなかった。
　反ドーピング規定では、選手は抜き打ち検査を受けられるようにするため、自身の毎日の居場所を検査機関に申告する必要がある。１２か月間に３度検査を受けられなかった場合は、最長２年間の資格停止処分が科される可能性がある。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2022/07/26-14:36）

United States decathlon medal hopeful Garrett Scantling was ruled out of the World Championships on Thursday after accepting a provisional suspension for an anti-doping rule violation, the United States Anti-Doping Agency said.
Scantling, who finished fourth in the Tokyo Olympics last year, was suspended due to his conduct during an investigation into his third potential whereabouts failure, USADA said in a statement.
No further information about the circumstances of his anti-doping rules breach was provided.
Under anti-doping rules, athletes must provide authorities with their whereabouts each day during certain windows in order to be available for out of competition drug tests. An athlete missing three testing appointments during a 12-month window can be suspended for up to two years.
USADA said Scantling had accepted his suspension and agreed to have information about his case published.
Under the provisional suspension, Scantling is prohibited from competing in any competitions under the jurisdiction of World Athletics, USA Track & Field, or the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee, pending the resolution of his case, USADA said.
As such, he will not compete in the decathlon event at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon, the agency added.
Scantling finished just outside the medals in fourth place in the heptathlon at at the world indoor championships in Belgrade in March and was an outside contender for a medal in Eugene.