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Court of Arbitration for Sport upholds sprinter Steve Mullings life time ban
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(Reuters) – Jamaican sprinter Steve Mullings has lost his appeal against a lifetime ban from athletics, imposed in November 2011 for a second doping offense, the Court of Arbitration for Sport said on Monday.
Mullings, 30, who won a gold medal in the 4×100 meters relay at the 2009 world championships in Berlin, tested positive for testosterone in 2004 and for the banned diuretic furosemide in 2011.
The sprinter, who missed the Athens Olympics because of the first ban, questioned the methods which led to the results of both tests, but the Court of Arbitration for Sport rejected his arguments.
“The athlete argued that there were problems with the 2004 positive test meaning it should not be counted as a first sanction for a doping offence,” said the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
“He argued further that the laboratory results of the 2011 test were unreliable and that the disciplinary proceedings were flawed.”
The Court of Arbitration for Sport said proceedings were delayed as it collected evidence from both tests.
“The Court of Arbitration for Sport panel considered that the athlete had not presented any basis to challenge the testing procedure of the 2011 sample,” said the verdict.
