Sv: {UAH} Sick athlete accuses IAAF of 'sabotage'

The BBC and other International media houses had for years lied and accused Russian for doping their athletes to win. But, as the latest events had shown it had been the British drug fruads health workers those do such dirty tricks. They always seemed to work with the media houses those start making high head news with accusation of the purpoted enemies. Now they are caught in this dubious game who is their scapegoat now?

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Sick athlete accuses IAAF of 'sabotage'

Matt McGeehan

Tuesday, 8 August 2017 8:23PM

Botswana's Isaac Makwala has lashed out at the IAAF for removing him from the 400m final.

Botswana medal hope Isaac Makwala has accused the IAAF of "sabotage" after he was excluded from the 400 metres world championships final on medical grounds following a bout of norovirus.

The 30-year-old had been expected to challenge favourite and Olympic champion Wayde van Niekerk of South Africa.

Van Niekerk ended up winning gold on Tuesday night.

Video footage showed Makwala was prevented from entering the warm-up track and Botswanan officials criticised the IAAF for their heavy-handedness and lack of communication.

They said I had food poisoning - which I don't have. I was not tested for that," Makwala told British TV network ITV.

"They didn't even want to listen to me. They said 'no, you can't run because you are sick.'

"Sometimes I think maybe this is sabotage."

Makwala claimed had he been British he would have been permitted to compete.

He said: "I asked myself 'what if I was a Great British guy, would they not allow me to run?'"

Athletics' world governing body has defended its decision, saying it was taken to contain the contagious illness.

The IAAF said in a statement issued moments before the final: "The IAAF is very sorry that the hard work and talent of Isaac Makwala won't be on display tonight but we have to think of the welfare of all athletes.

"The athlete was diagnosed with an infectious disease on Monday.

"As per UK health regulations, it was requested that he be quarantined in his room for 48 hours, a period which ends at 14:00hrs tomorrow (August 9).

"These procedures are recommended by Public Health England and were clearly explained to the teams in writing on Sunday (August 6) and in person to the Botswanan delegation ... at a meeting that took place at the Guoman Tower Hotel on Sunday."

But the Botswanan team has dispute the IAAF's version of events which led to Makwala's exclusion.

Simon O'Brien, who is part of the Botswana medical staff, said on the BBC: "There was no-one (from the Botswana team) present. We were informed only when one of the officials from the IAAF came over and tried to search for me."

O'Brien said Makwala was sick once as he alighted the bus to the stadium ahead of his 200m heat on Monday, but added his heart rate of 60 beats per minute and body temperature of 36.9C were "completely normal".

"He's fit, he's very well, he's prepared to run, and he's just being kept away by the IAAF," O'Brien added.

A spokesperson for the Guoman Tower Hotel on Tuesday morning insisted it was "not the source of the illness".

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