Justin Gatlin, former world record holder in the 100M, starts his US Anti-doping agency hearing. Gatlin tested positive for testosterone in spring of 2006. He faces an 8 year ban if the test is upheld. (The USADA has never lost a case).
Interesting that new information came out that Gatlin assisted the BALCO investigation. The Toronto Star:
Olympic 100-metre champion Justin Gatlin faced tough odds yesterday, the first day of an arbitration hearing to appeal a possible eight-year ban for doping.
Gatlin tested positive for testosterone and other steroids in April 2006 but has said he doesn't know how steroids got into his system.
The hearing, closed to media and the public, is set to continue today, and the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency never has lost a doping case.
Gatlin's attorney, John Collins, told the Washington Post in its editions yesterday that Gatlin should get consideration for assisting USADA and federal investigators in the BALCO steroid investigation. Gatlin told the newspaper he met with Jeff Novitzky, the lead investigator in the Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative probe, and made calls, including at least one in Novitzky's presence, to his coach, Trevor Graham. Contacted by The Associated Press yesterday, Graham had no comment. He was indicted by the BALCO grand jury last fall on charges of lying to federal investigators.
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