World 100 metres champion Christian Coleman has been provisionally suspended after admitting that he has missed a third drugs test in the space of a year. In detailing the events, Coleman wrote: 'I want to make you all aware of a situation I'm currently dealing with. A few days ago, the AIU came to a decision that I've been appealing for six months that I missed a test on December 9, 2019. Coleman almost missed the world championships last year because of a whereabouts violation only for the US Anti-Doping Agency to drop its charges against him on the advice of the World Anti-Doping Agency. He controversially appeared to escape punishment in that instance because of a technicality under anti-doping rules, which state the date of a first missed test should be pushed back to the first day of a testing quarter.

Source: Daily Mail June 17, 2020 07:04 UTC