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IAAF sends letter to USATF on Young case
London, Oct 03: Pressure has mounted on USA Track & Field to explain why Jerome Young was cleared to run in the 2000 Olympics despite a positive drug test a year earlier.
London, Oct 03: Pressure has mounted on USA Track & Field to explain why Jerome Young was cleared to run in the 2000 Olympics despite a positive drug test a year earlier.
Track's world governing body sent a letter to USATF officials asking them to turn over documents on the case, which could cost the united states its gold medal from the 1,600-meter relay in Sydney.
World Anti-Doping Agency chairman Dick Pound also stepped up his campaign against what he called a "flagrant abuse of doping policy". The International Olympic Committee announced Tuesday it was opening disciplinary proceedings in the affair. The move followed confirmation last week by US Olympic officials that Young was the gold medallist who tested positive for steroids in 1999.
The USOC said there was "no explanation" in its files to support the decision by USATF to exonerate Young on appeal.
Under international rules, a confirmed positive test for steroids is punishable by a two-year ban. Such a sanction would have kept Young out of the Sydney Olympics. Young, who won golds in the 400 meters and 1,600-meter relay at the World Championships in Paris in August, said he never committed a doping offense.
Young ran in the opening round and semifinals heats of the relay in Sydney. The US team, anchored by Michael Johnson, finished ahead of Nigeria and Jamaica. All six members of the relay squad collected gold medals. Bureau Report
World Anti-Doping Agency chairman Dick Pound also stepped up his campaign against what he called a "flagrant abuse of doping policy". The International Olympic Committee announced Tuesday it was opening disciplinary proceedings in the affair. The move followed confirmation last week by US Olympic officials that Young was the gold medallist who tested positive for steroids in 1999.
The USOC said there was "no explanation" in its files to support the decision by USATF to exonerate Young on appeal.
Under international rules, a confirmed positive test for steroids is punishable by a two-year ban. Such a sanction would have kept Young out of the Sydney Olympics. Young, who won golds in the 400 meters and 1,600-meter relay at the World Championships in Paris in August, said he never committed a doping offense.
Young ran in the opening round and semifinals heats of the relay in Sydney. The US team, anchored by Michael Johnson, finished ahead of Nigeria and Jamaica. All six members of the relay squad collected gold medals. Bureau Report