Technical Issues Delay Athletes Anti-Doping Access

The four local athletes, Refilwe Murangi, Zibani Ngozi, Karabo Mothibi and Lydia Jele, have not had access to the Anti-Doping Administration and Management System (ADAMS), as technical problems have hindered the creation of their credentials.A lawyer representing the Botswana National Olympic Committee (BNOC) and the National Anti-Doping Organisation, Pako Moakofi, explained on Monday during the case status hearing.An explanation that Justice Itumeleng Segolopo of the Gaborone High Court did not take kindly to, thus ordering the athletes’ legal representative, Tshepang Makwati, and the respondent to draw up a schedule to be made an order of the court, and that the two parties should abide by.The case is scheduled for a status hearing next Wednesday.