Ohuruogu claims award ahead of Olympic appeal
October 28th 2007 23:08
Ohuruogu also received a special award for best performance in a british vest with her 49.61 in the Osaka final.
The announcement comes a short time before Ohuruogu will appeal the British Olympic Association’s decision to ban her from competing at any future Olympic Games, including the one in her home city of London in 2012.
The ban relates to her one year suspension for missing 3 out of competition tests.
Under BOA rules no athlete who has served a suspension for drugs related offences can be eligible to compete for Great Britain at the most prestigious event an athlete can attend.
The chances of her winning her appeal are said to be good, mainly due to a precedent case heard earlier this year.
Triathlete Tim Don had his ban overturned because he was suspended for missing tests, not for taking banned substances.
However should Ohuruogu lose she has said she would consider running for another country such as Nigeria where she has eligibility through her parents.
If her appeal was to be rejected the 400m commonwealth and world champion said, “I’d probably just run for another country” in an interview on the 9th of August 2007.
However several days later Ohuruogu seemed to backtrack on that statement telling BBC’s inside sport programme, “Britain will be my first choice and I wouldn't want to run for anyone else because this is where I grew up."
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