LONDON (AFP) - Christine Ohuruogu's admission she didn't try to get to a drug test because she didn't believe she would make it in time has left fellow British athlete and noted anti-dope campaigner Paula Radcliffe feeling "disturbed and disappointed."

Ohuruogu, shortly, after returning from a year's ban for missing three drug tests earlier this year, won the World 400 metres title in Osaka, Japan.

Last month the British Olympic Association (BOA), whose rules mean athletes that fail to turn up for a test and produce a positive reading receive the same punishment, accepted the 23-year-old Londoner's appeal against a lifetime ban.

That has now cleared the way for Ohuruogu to compete at next year's Beijing Olympics and, possibly, the 2012 Games in London.

Ohuruogu, when her appeal succeeded, thanked Radcliffe - one of the world's leading marathon runners - for her support. "She (Paula) is very well respected in the sport and anti-drugs and it was good that she believed in me."

However, her subsequent statement that she did not even try to get to one of the three missed dope tests that led to her ban was a cause of concern to Radcliffe, who said Wednesday: "It was a fair decision (by the BOA to clear her) but I was a little bit disturbed to read some of the articles.

"I read one about how the circumstances of missing one of the tests came out and how she did not even bother to try to get there.

"It was a bit disappointing because generally I think most athletes' response would be to do as much as they could.

"That was a bit disappointing. It was the first time I had read about it and it just surprised me a bit. It was a little bit disappointing but I think - I would hope - she has learned her lesson."

Ohuruogu was brought up in Stratford, east London, where the 2012 Olympics will be staged and was widely tipped to be the "face of the Games" for that event until becoming involved in this doping controversy.