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The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) has welcomed the decision of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) today that Christian Coleman of the USA has committed an anti-doping rule violation under Article 2.4 of the World Athletics Anti-Doping Rules and shall serve a period of ineligibility of 18 months from 14 May 2020.
In October last year, the independent Disciplinary Tribunal had banned Mr Coleman for two years. The athlete appealed against the decision at CAS and, following a hearing, the CAS panel reduced the suspension to 18 months. The panel rejected Mr Coleman’s claim to have returned home during the 60-minute testing window on 9 December 2019 as ‘untenable’ and found that his conduct in failing to return home from his shopping trip was ‘negligent’. Nevertheless, the panel decided to reduce the period of ineligibility by 6 months based on its assessment of Mr Coleman’s degree of fault. Mr Coleman remains ineligible to compete u
US sprinter Coleman s suspension upheld, reduced to 18 months: CAS
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16/04/2021 - 10:16 Christian Coleman failed to show up for three doping tests Christian Petersen GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA/AFP/File 2 min
Geneva (AFP)
World 100m champion Christian Coleman s suspension over doping test violations has been upheld on appeal but reduced to 18 months, the Court of Arbitration for Sport said Friday.
Even with the reduced sentence, the 25-year-old American, who would have been favourite to take gold at that distance at the upcoming Tokyo Olympics, will not be able to participate in the Games.
Coleman was suspended by the Athletics Integrity Unit last December for two years from May 14, 2020 after failing to turn up for tests three times in a 12-month-period.