French heptathlete Auriana Lazraq-Khlass has been suspended for 22 months for failing to comply with anti-doping rules, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) announced on Friday.
"The Disciplinary Tribunal has suspended Auriana Lazraq-Khlass for 22 months with effect from 26 March 2026 for breaches of her whereabouts obligations," the AIU wrote on X.
Lazraq-Khlass, the 2024 European silver medallist, was accused of three breaches of the whereabouts requirements between February and November 2025.
She did not contest the first two breaches. She had failed to update her whereabouts in the app that allows the anti-doping authorities to track athletes.
The 27-year-old contested the third breach, explaining that when she tried to update her whereabouts for the following day, it was instead applied retrospectively to the same day.
The tribunal said that while Lazraq-Khlass "did not appear to be attempting to evade testing" she had nevertheless displayed "carelessness and negligence".
It suspended her for 22 months, slightly less than the potential two-year maximum. Her results going back to November 20 last year will be wiped out.
Lazraq-Khlass had been provisionally suspended since March and will remain suspended until January 2028, just a few months before the Los Angeles Olympic Games.