Athletics

Olympic 100 metres champion Justin Gatlin failed to have a four-year doping ban overturned by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) yesterday. A US arbitration panel suspended Gatlin in January for four years after he tested positive for the male...

Olympic 100 metres champion Justin Gatlin failed to have a four-year doping ban overturned by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) yesterday. A US arbitration panel suspended Gatlin in January for four years after he tested positive for the male sex hormone testosterone in 2006. Galin's failure to have the ban reduced to two years means he will not be able to compete in the US Olympic trials and will miss the Beijing Games.

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