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French heptathlete Auriana Lazraq-Khlass suspended for 22 months
French heptathlete Auriana Lazraq-Khlass has been suspended for 22 months after breaches of anti-doping whereabouts rules.
Athletes must keep their location details up to date so anti-doping officials can find them for tests; three missed tests or filing failures in 12 months can trigger a violation.
Lazraq-Khlass did not dispute her first two breaches, but challenged the third, saying an update for the next day was recorded for the same day.
The tribunal said she did not appear to be evading testing, but found carelessness and negligence.
Her results from November 2025 will be cancelled, although accounts differ on whether the cutoff is 10 or 20 November.
She is expected to remain out of competition until January 2028, about six months before the Los Angeles Olympics; her suspension took effect on 26 March 2026.
French heptathlete Auriana Lazraq-Khlass has been suspended for 22 months for breaches of anti-doping whereabouts rules.
The Athletics Integrity Unit said the suspension took effect on 26 March 2026.
She was accused of three whereabouts breaches between February and November 2025.
She did not contest the first two breaches but disputed the third, saying an update for the following day was applied to the same day.
The tribunal said she did not appear to be trying to evade testing but had shown carelessness and negligence.
Her results from November 2025 will be annulled, though reports differ on the exact start date.
- Who
- French heptathlete Auriana Lazraq-Khlass.
- What
- She was suspended for 22 months for breaches of anti-doping whereabouts rules.
- When
- The suspension took effect on 26 March 2026 and is expected to keep her out until January 2028.
- Where
- Not stated.
- Why
- She was accused of three whereabouts breaches between February and November 2025.
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Lazraq-Khlass was accused of three breaches of whereabouts requirements.
Her results from this period were set to be annulled, with sources differing on the exact start date.
She had been provisionally suspended since March.
The 22-month suspension took effect.
Reports said she was expected to remain out of action until January 2028.
- Suspension
- 22 months
- Effective date
- 26 March 2026
- Accused breaches
- Three, between February and November 2025
- Athlete's age
- 27
- Results annulled
- From November 2025; sources differ on the exact date
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The Disciplinary Tribunal has suspended Auriana Lazraq-Khlass for 22 months with effect from 26 March 2026 for breaches of her whereabouts obligations,
did not appear to be attempting to evade testing
carelessness and negligence
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A Disciplinary Tribunal has banned Auriana Lazraq Khlass (France) for 22 months from 26 March 2026 for Whereabout Failures. DQ results since 10 November 2025. Details here: https://t.co/n0bK839eSP