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IAAF DEFEATS GATLIN CAS APPEAL
Monte-Carlo – The IAAF is pleased to announce that this afternoon the Panel of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) rejected Justin Gatlin’s appeal. Had Gatlin succeeded he would have been eligible for competition at the summer Olympic Games in Beijing. The CAS Panel imposed a 4 year period of ineligibility.
This was Justin Gatlin’s second offence. The first was for a drug used to treat Attention Deficit Disorder, which Gatlin had taken unknowingly.
The result means that Justin Gatlin will not be re-eligible for competition until 25 July 2010.
IAAF President Lamine Diack said: “This result demonstrates the IAAF’s determination to remove the scourge of doping from our sport. We will fight as hard as necessary, and commit all the resources necessary to ensure that this is done. There is no place for doped athletes in our sport.”
Statement from USATF President/Acting CEO Bill Roe on the Court of Arbitration for Sport's decision on the Justin Gatlin case:
"USA Track & Field respects the decision of the Court of Arbitration for Sport regarding Justin Gatlin's eligibility. This case has been complex and nuanced, and we are glad that it has come to a final resolution. Throughout the entire BALCO saga, the critical lessons have been clear: athletes must take responsibility for the substances they put into their bodies, and must choose wisely the individuals with whom they associate. We are now looking ahead, focusing on the Team USA squad for the Olympic Games that will be chosen at the Olympic Trials. These are the athletes who will take track and field into a brighter present and future."
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