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World 100m champion Coleman to appeal two-year ban
Coleman, who won the men's 100 metres at last year's World Championships in Doha in a world-leading time for the season of 9.76 seconds, was provisionally...
The American, who won the men's 100 metres at last year's world championships in Doha, was provisionally suspended for three 'whereabouts failures' in June. World Athletics' Disciplinary Tribunal upheld the charge and banned Coleman for two years, backdated to 14 May, 2020.
The American sprinter is "suspended temporarily from participating in any competition or activity", said the Athletics Integrity Unit, World Athletics' anti-doping arm.
Kipchoge, who finished a special marathon in Vienna in one hour, 59 minutes and 40 seconds that will not be recognised for world record purposes, also was nominated for his London Marathon course record.
The first World Athletics Championships of the post-Usain Bolt era get under way here Friday with the sport desperately seeking a new superstar as it tackles a slew of ongoing doping controversies.
Coleman, who holds the year’s fastest time of 9.81 seconds, faces an arbitration hearing next month ahead of the world championships, which begins in Doha on 28 September.
In the 100m, world champion Justin Gatlin and rival Christian Coleman breezed through their early heat.
The IAAF rule would effectively give her a choice of taking medication to restrict her testosterone level or move to longer distance events.
Fellow American Maurice Greene had held the record of 6.39 seconds for 20 years.