PARIS: Olympic bronze medallist pole vaulter Alysha Newman has been suspended for 20 months for whereabouts failures in relation to anti-doping testing, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) announced on Friday.

“The AIU has banned Alysha Newman (Canada) for 20 months from 3 December 2025 for Where­a­bouts Failures. DQ results from 23 August 2025,” the anti-doping body posted on social media.

The 31-year-old Cana­dian, who won bronze in the pole vault at the Paris Games, had been provisionally suspended on Feb 3 for three whereabouts failures over a 12-month period — on February 27, 2025 and on Aug 17 and 23 of the same year.

She has not competed since the Diamond League meeting in Rabat last May.

Published in Dawn, May 2nd, 2026