Justin Gatlin's career lay in shreds last night after it was confirmed that the American sprinter will remain banned for drug offences for another two years. The Olympic 100 metres champion of 2004 will be unable to defend his title in Beijing in August, but his influence will be felt through the suspicion now engulfing the sport's blue-riband event. Gatlin has been fighting to have the eight-year ban he received in 2006 reduced, but while it was indeed halved by a three-man panel overseen by the American Arbitration Association, his exile further demeans an event that has flirted with the...
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