On the face of it, being where you say you are going to be at a specific time sounds quite an easy thing to do, and oif you;re not there, the power fo the mobile phone springs into life to assist as required. Unfortunately, Lizzie Armitsted was not where she said she was going to be 3 times on the trot, thereby invoking the 3 strikes and you're out poicy when you miss 3 consecutive drugs tests. The 'you're out' would have meant her missing the Olympics, so she argued the toss over one of the missed tests, won her case and she's back on for Rio. Unfortnately, this has resulted in a great deal of bad press around 'drugs cheat' etc etc. It's an old story, and she has had to defend herself on social media with what looks like a heartfelt plea explaining in some detail why it got to where it did, and for people to get off her case. Don't know if she will be successful, but it seems to be necessary in the social media age.
Personally, it looks like a genuine mis-management case, but I can understand the sceptism and critism such a case brings. It's just a pity that all the ranting pub talk by the know-it-alls can be seen by everybody.
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