Gatlin's Olympic hopes boosted
Justin Gatlin's hopes of defending his 100m Olympic crown have been given a boost after it was announced he may be able to compete in the US Olympic trials as a legal dispute over his drugs ban continued. The 26-year-old has served two years of his four-year ban after twice testing positive for banned substances.
Gatlin is arguing his first positive test, in 2001, was for drugs he takes to control his attention deficit disorder and should not count against him.
And a judge has ruled the US Anti-Doping Agency (Usada), USA Track & Field (USATF), the US Olympic Committee (Usoc) and the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) cannot prevent him from competing.
"They are each temporarily restrained from enforcing the current suspension from athletic competition against plaintiff Justin Gatlin or from otherwise using the suspension to prevent plaintiff from participating in the Olympic trials commencing 27 June, 2008," said Judge Lacey A. Collier.
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