Sprinter Thomas cleared by AIU in whereabouts failure case

American sprinter Gabrielle Thomas' provisional suspension for allegedly failing to make herself available for anti-doping tests has been lifted, the Athletics Integrity Unit said on Friday. Thomas, twice a 200 metres winner at the Lausanne Diamond League, had been banned in May by the AIU for allegedly missing three tests in a 12-month period, a violation of anti-doping rules. But according to the AIU's Twitter account, Thomas provided new evidence in June and as a result one of the missed tests cannot be established and so no anti-doping rule violation has been committed. “Phone tracking data and multiple witnesses will conclusively show that I was at the exact location I established in my whereabouts and that the doping control officer simply failed to locate me and failed to follow proper protocol,” Thomas said in the statement.