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5 April 2024
The ITA confirms that Hungarian fencer Anna Kun has been notified of a potential Anti-Doping Rule Violation pursuant to article 2.4 of the FIE Anti-Doping Rules (“FIE ADR”), namely the occurrence of three Whereabouts Failures within a twelve month period1.
The case will be referred to the FIE Doping Disciplinary Tribunal in charge of hearings and adjudication of anti-doping matters.
Pursuant to the FIE ADR and World Anti-Doping Code, Anna Kun is not subject to a mandatory provisional suspension pending the resolution of the matter.
Given that the case is underway, there will be no further comments during the ongoing proceedings.
1 Athletes included in a Registered Testing Pool (“RTP”), such as Anna Kun, have the obligations to provide daily whereabouts as well as a specific daily 60-minute time slot where they will be available for testing. The purpose is to allow Anti-Doping Organisations to locate athletes for unannounced Out-of-Competition Testing. Any combination of three Missed Tests (which relate to the Athletes’ unavailability with respect to their 60-minute time slot) and/or Filing Failures (which are caused by the Athletes’ failure to provide accurate Whereabouts) committed within a twelve-month period amount to a potential ADRV as per article 2.4 of the FIE ADR and World Anti-Doping Code. The potential consequences for such ADRV, if confirmed, is a period of Ineligibility between one and two years and disqualification of results obtained since the date of the ADRV, namely the date of the occurrence of third Whereabouts Failure (article 10.3.2 FIE ADR).
