Athletics tribunal bans French heptathlete Auriana Lazraq-Khlass for 22 months
The tribunal’s final sanction annuls her results from 20 November 2025. She can return to competition in January 2028, before the Los Angeles Olympics.
In this article
The World Athletics Disciplinary Tribunal has suspended French heptathlete Auriana Lazraq-Khlass for 22 months for whereabouts violations, the Athletics Integrity Unit said. The sanction takes effect from 26 March 2026, after her provisional suspension began that month.
Her results from 20 November 2025 onward will be annulled. Her silver medal at the 2024 European Championships predates that cutoff and is unaffected. BBC Athletics said she can return in January 2028, about six months before the Los Angeles Olympics.
The whereabouts failures
The case concerned three whereabouts breaches between February and November 2025. Under the World Anti-Doping Code, a combination of three missed tests or failures to file whereabouts information within 12 months constitutes a violation.
Lazraq-Khlass did not contest the first two breaches, which involved failing to update her location in the app used by anti-doping authorities. She contested the third, saying an update she intended for the following day was instead applied to the same day.
The tribunal said she did not appear to be attempting to evade testing, but found that she had shown carelessness and negligence.
The Athletics Integrity Unit brings disciplinary charges, while the independent tribunal hears them at first instance. The unit’s register records that Lazraq-Khlass’s case was referred to the tribunal on 29 May 2026. Final tribunal decisions can be appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, the final disciplinary instance under the World Athletics Anti-Doping Rules and Integrity Code of Conduct.
Share
Follow AveNews
Earlier in Sports
CombatArmenian boxer Davit Chaloyan falls to joint 11th in world rankings
Chaloyan dropped from seventh in World Boxing’s men’s over-90 kg division, sharing 11th place with Colombia’s Juan Patiño on 500 points.
2 min
ChessSix players win world amateur chess titles in Malaysia
Amir Tulegenov, Pavithra R V, Aqil Ainuddin Naufal Akhramsyah Muammar Ubaidah, Anastasiia Osadchuk, Javkhlan Bayarjargal and Dolgormaa Lkhavgasuren won the six categories in Klang. Kazakhstan’s Tulegenov won Open U2300 with 7/9. India’s Pavithra R V and Ukraine’s Anastasiia Osadchuk each scored 7½/9; Malaysia’s Aqil Ainuddin Naufal Akhramsyah Muammar Ubaidah scored 8/9, while Mongolia’s Javkhlan Bayarjargal scored 8½/9 and Dolgormaa Lkhavgasuren 7½/9.
3 min
RugbyEngland beats France 50–38 to retain wheelchair rugby league world title
Joe Coyd scored 4 tries as England recovered from a deficit to win the final in Wollongong, Australia.
1 min
