Published time: 19 Dec, 2017 13:46 merican sprinter Justin Gatlin, who won the world 100m title this year, has been implicated in a fresh doping row after members of his team allegedly offered to supply performance-enhancing drugs to an undercover reporter. Posed as a movie producer, a reporter working for British newspaper the Telegraph visited […]
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World 100m champion Justin Gatlin has been caught up in another doping scandal
Michael Steele/Getty Images The Telegraph has reported that team members offered to supply Justin Gatlin with testosterone and a growth hormone. Gatlin denied the allegations in a statement released on Monday. Gatlin has been banned for doping twice before, 2001 and 2006. World 100m champion Justin Gatlin is at the centre of a doping scandal […]
Bolt, Gatlin to get last duel in men's 4x100m relay
Usain Bolt and Justin Gatlin will meet in a final duel on the track after helping their teams qualify for the final of the 4×100-metre relay at the world championships on Saturday in London. The Canadian entry of Gavin Smellie, Aaron Brown, Brendon Rodney and Mobolade Ajomale, with a time of 38.48 seconds, also qualified for […]
Sebastian Coe thinks Justin Gatlin should have been banned for life
Sebastian Coe didn’t spare any feelings when talking about Justin Gatlin and his win in the 100-metre at the track and field world championships. Coe, the IAAF president, told the BBC that he’s “not eulogistic at the thought of somebody who has served two bans in our sport walking off with one of the biggest […]
Justin Gatlin pays homage to Bolt at worlds
Years from now, Justin Gatlin will remember the bow more than the chorus of boos. OK, so Gatlin may have ruined Usain Bolt’s going-away party with his surprise win in the 100 metres at the world championships on Saturday night. Gatlin still did his best to soften the blow by bowing down to third-place finisher […]
Usain Bolt's thunder stolen by Justin Gatlin in final 100m race
Usain Bolt has ended his stellar 100-metre career without a world title in his final individual race. In a tight finish, Bolt was punished for his slow start and Justin Gatlin held him off at the line in 9.92 seconds. American sprinter Christian Coleman took silver in 9.94 seconds and Bolt took bronze in 9.95. In […]
Justin Gatlin wants to be part of history with Usain Bolt in London
After years of being Usain Bolt’s main rival, Justin Gatlin wants one more race with the Jamaican world record holder and for a special reason. Bolt is retiring after his final 100 metres at August’s world championships in London and Gatlin, who is competing in the U.S. trials this weekend, hopes to be in the race. […]
Akani Simbine steals sprint spotlight from De Grasse, Gatlin
Andre De Grasse reverted to his early-season form of 2016 with a 10.21-second performance Friday for a fifth-place finish in the men’s 100 metres at the season-opening Diamond League event in Doha, Qatar. The race was billed as an Olympic rematch after the Canadian star sprinter won a bronze medal last August in Rio de […]
De Grasse seeks redemption against Gatlin at Diamond League opener
Perhaps it was Andre De Grasse’s way of telling Justin Gatlin the challenge is on for 2017. At the recent IAAF World Relays, De Grasse turned his head left three times in the direction of the 2004 Olympic 100-metre champion before turning up the heat and beating the 35-year-old Gatlin in a heat race. [embedded […]