Mullings out of Bolt-led Jamaica team
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August 17, 2011, Wednesday
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JAMAICA has left 200-meter national champion Steve Mullings out of its 50-member team for the world championships starting in Daegu, South Korea, on August 27 after local media reported the sprinter had failed a doping test.
Jamaican officials confirmed Mullings, the year's third fastest sprinter in the 100, had been suspended from the team headlined by triple Olympic and world champion Usain Bolt, but declined to elaborate on what grounds.
"Because of the outstanding issue surrounding Mr Mullings he had to be omitted from the team," Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association executive member and treasurer Ludlow Watts said.
"However, if the matter is resolved in his favor, there is a provision where he (Mullings) can be re-instated at a later date."
JAAA general secretary Garth Gayle added that Mullings had been omitted "because of his suspension."
The Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission last week said a track and field athlete had tested positive at national trials for the worlds but did not release a name. Jamaica athletics sources with knowledge of the issue confirmed that Mullings was the athlete who had failed the test.
Mullings, a member of Jamaica's gold medal-winning 4x100 relay team at the 2009 worlds in Berlin, Germany, was fastest in the 200 and placed third in the 100 at Jamaica's trials in June. He had been expected to join defending champion Bolt in the 100 and 200 and help Jamaica defend its 4x100 relay title.
The team, announced on Monday, did not specify which events Bolt or any of the other athletes would contest at the August 27-September 4 championships.
Jamaican officials confirmed Mullings, the year's third fastest sprinter in the 100, had been suspended from the team headlined by triple Olympic and world champion Usain Bolt, but declined to elaborate on what grounds.
"Because of the outstanding issue surrounding Mr Mullings he had to be omitted from the team," Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association executive member and treasurer Ludlow Watts said.
"However, if the matter is resolved in his favor, there is a provision where he (Mullings) can be re-instated at a later date."
JAAA general secretary Garth Gayle added that Mullings had been omitted "because of his suspension."
The Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission last week said a track and field athlete had tested positive at national trials for the worlds but did not release a name. Jamaica athletics sources with knowledge of the issue confirmed that Mullings was the athlete who had failed the test.
Mullings, a member of Jamaica's gold medal-winning 4x100 relay team at the 2009 worlds in Berlin, Germany, was fastest in the 200 and placed third in the 100 at Jamaica's trials in June. He had been expected to join defending champion Bolt in the 100 and 200 and help Jamaica defend its 4x100 relay title.
The team, announced on Monday, did not specify which events Bolt or any of the other athletes would contest at the August 27-September 4 championships.
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