FILE PHOTO: Paris 2024 Olympics - Athletics - Men's 400m Hurdles Round 1 - Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France - August 05, 2024. Wilfried Happio of France reacts after finishing third in heat 4 REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier/File Photo
(Reuters) - French hurdler Wilfried Happio has been provisionally suspended for whereabouts failures, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) said on Thursday.
Under the World Anti-Doping Agency's "whereabouts" rule athletes must make themselves available to drug testers for one hour a day for out-of-competition testing.
Three whereabouts failures within a 12-month period results in a rule violation under World Athletics anti-doping rules.
Athletes found guilty in a hearing can be sanctioned for two years.
Happio, 26, won a 400 metres hurdles silver medal at the 2022 European Championships in Munich. He is a twice Olympian, reaching the semi-finals at the Tokyo and Paris Games.
(Reporting by Vincent Daheron, writing by Chiranjit Ojha in Bengaluru; Editing by Ken Ferris)
