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Sprinter Gatlin hit with four-year doping ban
Olympic 100-meter champion Justin Gatlin has been hit with a four-year competition ban for an April 2006 positive drug test test, The Washington Post reported.
Citing several people close to the case, the paper said a split three-person U.S. arbitration panel ruled against Gatlin, 25, and settled on the four-year penalty because of a previous positive test. The usual ban for a first doping offense is two years; a second offense can be a lifetime ban. Gatlin tested positive for a stimulant in his attention-deficit disorder medication while in college at Tennessee.
Gatlin, who won the 100 meters at the 2004 Olympics and both dash titles at the 2005 World Championships, claimed he was possibly sabotaged by a vengeful massage therapist who rubbed testosterone cream onto his legs. Gatlin could appeal the decision to the Court of Arbitration for Sport. The paper said Gatlin's Chicago-based attorney, John Collins, declined to comment, saying in an e-mail he wanted to read the opinion first. Gatlin also declined to comment.
Olympic 100-meter champion Justin Gatlin has been hit with a four-year competition ban for an April 2006 positive drug test test, The Washington Post reported.
Citing several people close to the case, the paper said a split three-person U.S. arbitration panel ruled against Gatlin, 25, and settled on the four-year penalty because of a previous positive test. The usual ban for a first doping offense is two years; a second offense can be a lifetime ban. Gatlin tested positive for a stimulant in his attention-deficit disorder medication while in college at Tennessee.
Gatlin, who won the 100 meters at the 2004 Olympics and both dash titles at the 2005 World Championships, claimed he was possibly sabotaged by a vengeful massage therapist who rubbed testosterone cream onto his legs. Gatlin could appeal the decision to the Court of Arbitration for Sport. The paper said Gatlin's Chicago-based attorney, John Collins, declined to comment, saying in an e-mail he wanted to read the opinion first. Gatlin also declined to comment.
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