Britain's star triple jumper Phillips Idowu on Saturday blasted the "hysteria" about his whereabouts, insisting he was about to check into the Olympic Village after receiving medical treatment.
Charles van Commenee, the head coach of British athletics, called Idowu's antics "bizarre" and said he was completely unaware of what the Beijing 2008 silver medallist was doing.
Idowu, 33, is suffering from a trapped nerve and did not travel to Portugal with the Great Britain squad, preferring to arrange his own treatment ahead of his appearance at the Olympics in his home city.
"I'm in London where I have been for the last few weeks, finalising my prep and receiving therapy," he tweeted.
"My coach knew about this and it has not been a secret. I have to give notification of my whereabouts everyday for doping purposes, so impossible to completely disappear.
"The appropriate people can contact me with ease.
"I've only heard about the hysteria about my whereabouts today as I've been on a media lockdown, I'm into the (Athletes') village on Sunday as was planned months ago."
Qualifying for the men's triple jump is on Tuesday with the final on Thursday.
Idowu said British Olympians had been "performing amazingly" and "they need the column inches and adulation for their efforts".
The 2009 world champion, who hails from Hackney, just outside the Olympic Park in east London, has not competed since injuring his foot when he landed awkwardly in a triple jump competition in Eugene, Oregon, on June 2.
The outspoken Van Commenee and the flamboyant Idowu have a famously prickly relationship and have not spoken since they fell out last year over the triple jumper's withdrawal from the European Team Championships.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/idowu-blasts-hysteria-over-whereabouts-165843770--oly.html
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