By Kayon Raynor
(Reuters) – Usain Bolt believes anti-doping officials have sent a “bad message to the sport,” after American sprinter Tyson Gay received only a one-year ban following a positive test for an anabolic steroid.
“I’m not really happy with the situation and with how it was done,” Bolt told Reuters on Tuesday.
“I think for someone like Asafa (Powell) to get a ban of 18 months for that (stimulant oxilofrine) and then Tyson Gay get just one year because of cooperating, I think it is sending a bad message into the sport that you can do it (dope) but if you cooperate with us, we’ll reduce the sentence,” the 100m and 200m world record holder and six times Olympic gold medalist said.
http://universalsports.com/2014/07/2...tyson-gay-ban/
(Reuters) – Usain Bolt believes anti-doping officials have sent a “bad message to the sport,” after American sprinter Tyson Gay received only a one-year ban following a positive test for an anabolic steroid.
“I’m not really happy with the situation and with how it was done,” Bolt told Reuters on Tuesday.
“I think for someone like Asafa (Powell) to get a ban of 18 months for that (stimulant oxilofrine) and then Tyson Gay get just one year because of cooperating, I think it is sending a bad message into the sport that you can do it (dope) but if you cooperate with us, we’ll reduce the sentence,” the 100m and 200m world record holder and six times Olympic gold medalist said.
http://universalsports.com/2014/07/2...tyson-gay-ban/
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