Lizzie Armitstead has cited incredibly difficult family circumstances as the reason behind her missing a third drugs test which put her participation at the Rio Olympics in jeopardy.The 27-year-old, who will feature in the road race on Sunday, said on Tuesday that she was naive in not challenging her first missed drugs test until the threat of a suspension loomed large.And in a further lengthy statement released on Wednesday, the English rider said that after missing two earlier tests, personal circumstances dictated that she missed a third in June -- an incident that put her participation in Rio in doubt before she was cleared by the Court of Arbitration for Sport.In a statement which tallied 1,275 words, she wrote: This is where I believe I have the right to privacy. My personal family circumstances at the time of the test were incredibly difficult. The medical evidence provided in my case was not contested by [UK Anti-Doping]. They accepted the circumstances I was in.UKAD did not perceive my situation to be extreme enough to alleviate me of a negligence charge. A psychiatrist assessment of my state of mind at the time was contrary.In my defence I was dealing with a traumatic time and I forgot to change a box on a form. I am not a robot, I am a member of a family -- my commitment to them comes over and above my commitment to cycling. This will not change and as a result I will not discuss this further. Our suffering does not need to be part of a public trial.I hope I have made it clear that family comes before cycling. I am not obsessively driven to success in cycling. I love my sport, but I would never cheat for it.Armitsteads statement in fullI am writing this statement in my own words, something I have wanted to do from the very beginning.Understandably people have questions which I want to answer as openly and honest as I can. I hope people understand that speaking with journalists is a necessary part of my job, speaking directly to the public in a statement like this, which has not been ghost written or moulded by somebody else is unheard of.I want to take responsibility for this message, this is my life and not a game of headlines. I want to state the facts but also try to explain my situation further. I believe I owe this statement to sports fans, people who love sport like I do.As an 18-year-old schoolgirl I was introduced to the whereabouts system, nine years ago. Since then the system has evolved and developed, post October 2015 I recognised this and requested further education from UKAD, I will come back to this later.By submitting my whereabouts I am consenting to people coming into my house or hotel and taking blood and urine samples. This is a part of my sport that I accept and wholeheartedly support. To add some background before I explain the specific details of my three strikes. I have been tested 16 times in 2016.I have a clear and valid blood passport (a more detailed use of looking for doping violations by looking for trends versus anomalies in my blood values). I have been tested after every victory this season. I am on the road for around 250 days a year, with around 60 race days. I have never tested positive for a banned substance. I have never taken a banned substance.I will present the facts of my three strikes.Sweden -- August 20, 2015:UKAD are allowed a maximum of two weeks to inform you of a strike. When I received the letter from UKAD I immediately contested it with a written explanation, this was not accepted on the eve of me travelling to America for my world championships. I had no legal advise or external support at the time.Last week [the] CAS ruled quickly and unanimously in my favour and cleared me of any wrong doing, because: I was at the hotel I stated. The DCO didnt do what was reasonable or necessary to find me. I was tested the next day, this test was negative. Calling an athletes mobile phone is not a method approved by UKAD to try and locate an athlete, as such it is not an argument against me that I slept with my phone on silent in order not to disturb a roommate.Put simply I was available and willing to provide a sample for UKAD.Second strike -- October 2015:Despite being reported as a missed test this was in fact a filing failure. UKAD did not try to test me, instead this was an administrative spot check. They found an inconsistency between an overnight accommodation and a morning time slot.A busy post world championship period meant I had no firm plans and as such was changing address and plans very quickly. I made a mistake. This was an honest mistake rather than trying to deceive anybody. A mistake that many athletes who are honest with themselves will admit to having made themselves. I was tested by UKAD later that week and produced a negative result.In December 2015, I met with UKAD and British cycling to discuss a support plan in order to avoid a third potential strike.Simon Thornton from British Cycling was put in place to check my whereabouts on a bi-weekly basis. We had regular contact and he would help me with any problems, effectively he was a fail-safe mechanism. Since meeting with UKAD my whereabouts updates have been as detailed and specific as they can possibly be. Going as far as I can in describing my locations to avoid any further issues. Unfortunately, this system fell apart on the June 9 when UKAD tried to test me in my hour slot and I was not where I had stated I would be.Simon Thornton had left [British Cycling] three weeks prior to my strike without anybody informing me. We worked under a policy of no news was good news as outlined in my support plan with UKAD.If Simon was still in place the following oversight could have been prevented. My overnight accommodation (the bed in which I was sleeping the morning of the test) was correct, but I had failed to change the one hour testing slot, it was clearly impossible to be in both locations.This is where I believe I have the right to privacy. My personal family circumstances at the time of the test were incredibly difficult, the medical evidence provided in my case was not contested by UKAD, they accepted the circumstances I was in.UKAD did not perceive my situation to be extreme enough to alleviate me of a negligence charge. A psychiatrist assessment of my state of mind at the time was contrary. In my defence I was dealing with a traumatic time and I forgot to change a box on a form.I am not a robot, I am a member of a family, my commitment to them comes over and above my commitment to cycling. This will not change and as a result I will not discuss this further, our suffering does not need to be part of a public trial.I hope I have made it clear that family comes before cycling, I am not obsessively driven to success in cycling, I love my sport, but I would never cheat for it.To conclude:I currently have one filing failure and one missed test.The reason this hasnt been discussed publicly until now is because I had the right to a fair trial at CAS, it is clear sensationalised headlines have a detrimental effect to any legal case.In the days following the revelations in the press my family and I have been the victim of some incredibly painful comments.I ask people to take a moment to put themselves in my shoes, I am an athlete trying to do my best, I am a clean athlete. I am the female road race world champion, I operate in a completely different environment to the majority of athletes in the testing pool.I am self coached, I work outside British Cycling and its systems, I race for a womens team that doesnt have a budget to match a world tour mens team who have staff specifically in place to supports riders with whereabouts.I dont wish to make excuses, I made one mistake which was noticed in a spot check my second strike came at a time when anybody who lives for and loves their family would understand my oversight. Its as simple as ticking the wrong box on a form.I love sport and the values it represents, it hurts me to consider anybody questioning my performances. Integrity is something I strive for in every part of my life. I will hold my head high in Rio and do my best for Great Britain.I am sorry for causing anyone to lose faith in sport, I am an example of what hard work and dedication can achieve. 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