Tobi Amusan broke the news herself.

She took to her social media pages to reveal she has been charged with an alleged anti-doping rule violation.

Amusan becomes the third Nigerian athlete to be provisionally suspended by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU), along with Divine Oduduru and Grace Nwokocha.

For Amusan, she is facing a two-year ban for missing three drug tests within a 12-month period.

The AIU requires athletes to upload information on their daily location and availability for testing, to the AIU’s Anti-Doping Administration and Management System (ADAMS).

“When the AIU testers get to a certain location and don’t see the athlete, they have to wait for one hour,” Funmilayo Fameso, the Senior Athletics, Pulse Sports, tells DAILY POST the backstory.

“During that one hour, they keep waiting and keep calling the athlete.

“When the athlete says ‘I will be there in 10 minutes’ and the one hour elapses without the person showing up, it is counted as a failed test,” he added.

Failure to provide accurate and timely information can result in sanctions.

The 26-year-old will know her fate before the World Championships in Hungary next month because, unlike her compatriots, she will have an accelerated hearing.

“I intend to fight this charge and will have my case decided by a tribunal of 3 arbitrators before the start of next month’s World Championships,” Amusan wrote in the Instagram post.

So what are the chances of the reigning women’s hurdles world record holder and champion beating the allegations?

Fameso explains further: “From what I know, during Tobi’s third missed test, the tester did not really do too much to confirm she was at that location.

“Tobi moved to another apartment and when the tester didn’t see her, he/she immediately said Tobi was not available for testing.

“Because of Tobi’s pedigree as a world champion, she is tested more than others – like she stated in her press release. There’s a rumour in the industry that she has been tested up to 20 times this year, of which she allegedly missed only two.

“So if the story of the third tester not doing enough to confirm her location is true, then she stands a high chance of escaping the ban.

“The jury or Court deciding the case will ask if the tester followed the right protocols before declaring it a missed test.

“But if the tester actually did everything right – got to the location, called her several times, etc – then Tobi may not have a case to answer.”

“We have seen the case when an American athlete, Gabrielle Thomas escaped a ban because the tester did not do enough,” Fameso added.