End of story. The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) announced in a statement on Thursday, September 5, the release of the former director general of the Tunisian anti-doping organization, Mourad Hambli. He had spent four months in prison for, notes WADA, " having simply tried to respect the consequences of ANAD's non-compliance with the World Anti-Doping Code." The facts date back to last May, when WADA declared the Tunisian anti-doping agency non-compliant "due to its failure to fully implement the 2021 version of the Code within its legal system. » The sanction was lifted on May 15. But in the meantime, Hambli and others have been detained on the orders of Tunisian President Kais Saied. The director general of Tunisia's anti-doping agency was accused of insisting that the national flag not be displayed at the Tunisian Open Masters swimming competition, in accordance with WADA's rules for non-compliance (pictured above). The Tunisian head of state had demanded that the country's flag be displayed during the competition, before ordering the arrest and detention of Hambli and several others.
