TexasTerror
July 30th, 2006, 10:26 AM
First it was Landis this week and now it's Justin Gatlin, who is currently tied as the 'fastest man in the world' in the record books. That's going to be a possible lifetime ban for Gatlin...who was stupid enough to get associated with the coach of several others who have had issues over the years, noted in Game of Shadows (the Bonds book)...
Olympic champ Gatlin says he failed drug test in April
ESPN.com news services
Reigning Olympic and world 100-meter champion Justin Gatlin said Saturday he has been informed that he tested positive for testosterone or its precursors.
"Precursors" is another term for anabolic steroids.
"I have been informed by the United States Anti-doping Agency that after a relay race I ran in Kansas City on April 22, I tested positive for 'testosterone or its precursors,' " Gatlin said in a statement.
Gatlin's attorney, Cameron Myler, told Reuters in a telephone call from New York, "It is unfortunate, but it is true."
Myler also confirmed that the 24-year-old Gatlin's "B" sample was tested in July and again showed an unusually high level of testosterone. The New York Times also reported that both samples tested positive. The sprinter now faces a lifetime ban from the sport.
http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/trackandfield/news/story?id=2533757
Olympic champ Gatlin says he failed drug test in April
ESPN.com news services
Reigning Olympic and world 100-meter champion Justin Gatlin said Saturday he has been informed that he tested positive for testosterone or its precursors.
"Precursors" is another term for anabolic steroids.
"I have been informed by the United States Anti-doping Agency that after a relay race I ran in Kansas City on April 22, I tested positive for 'testosterone or its precursors,' " Gatlin said in a statement.
Gatlin's attorney, Cameron Myler, told Reuters in a telephone call from New York, "It is unfortunate, but it is true."
Myler also confirmed that the 24-year-old Gatlin's "B" sample was tested in July and again showed an unusually high level of testosterone. The New York Times also reported that both samples tested positive. The sprinter now faces a lifetime ban from the sport.
http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/trackandfield/news/story?id=2533757