Ohuruogu hopeful after appeal

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The 23-year-old world 400 metres champion still has to wait for the decision of the three-man Sports Dispute Solutions Panel to discover if her plea has been successful, but - accompanied by one of her brothers - she declared herself "happy" with the way the proceedings had gone as she dashed to a waiting taxi after the hearing at Ely Place Chambers.

"I am not expecting a result yet, but I'm quite hopeful," said Ohuruogu, banned from the Olympics for life by the British Olympic Association after missing three out-of-competition drug tests between October 2005 and July 2006.

She returned from a one-year suspension from all competition, imposed by UK Athletics, to strike gold at this year's World Championships in Osaka less than a month after completing the ban.

Ohuruogu's barrister Michael Beloff QC, who left the hearing half an hour before his client, appeared equally hopeful.

He said: "You may or may not hear a result (on Monday). Christine gave evidence and let's say I'm quietly optimistic."

Ohuruogu and representatives of the BOA gave evidence to Monday's panel, chaired by Nicholas Stewart QC.

He had previously chaired the hearing which gave world triathlon champion Tim Don clearance to compete in the Olympics after a similar transgression of the rules.

Don and judo's Peter Cousins, who also had his Olympic ban lifted, are the only two British competitors to have previously been banned for missing three out-of-competition tests.

The results of their cases and the fact that 26 athletes worldwide have won similar appeals over the last 11 years are certain to have formed an integral part of Ohuruogu's case.