Overview

• The Athletics Integrity Unit says the prohibition covers all activities sanctioned by World Athletics, including those run by its areas and member federations.
• Powell cannot obtain accreditation for World Athletics Series Events while the suspension is in place.
• He is also barred from hospitality or other private-access venues linked to those events, even if invited by organizers.
• The AIU did not disclose details of the safeguarding concern that prompted the suspension.
• Powell, 61, coaches at Azusa Pacific University and is a two-time Olympic silver medallist who set the 8.95m long jump world record in 1991.