Former coach Graham guilty of lying to agents

A US jury found former elite athletics coach Trevor Graham guilty yesterday of one count of lying to federal agents investigating the BALCO doping scandal. The jury could not reach a verdict on two other counts against the former coach of Marion Jones,...

A US jury found former elite athletics coach Trevor Graham guilty yesterday of one count of lying to federal agents investigating the BALCO doping scandal.

The jury could not reach a verdict on two other counts against the former coach of Marion Jones, Tim Montgomery and Justin Gatlin.

Graham's court-appointed attorney, William Keane, said he would likely seek a judgment for acquittal in spite of the jury's guilty verdict.

Graham was on trial for allegedly lying to federal agents in 2004 about his relationship with former Mexican athlete Angel Heredia.

Heredia testified at the trial he sold performance-enhancing drugs to Graham and athletes coached by him.

Graham touched off the BALCO scandal by anonymously sending authorities a syringe with a then undetectable steroid that was traced back to the Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative (BALCO).

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