Gatlin court appeal continues

Olympic 100-metre champion Justin Gatlin’s appeal against his doping ban continues today before the Court of Arbitration in New York.



Gatlin, who has served half of a four-year ban, tested positive for excessive testosterone at the Kansas Relays in 2006, his second doping violation.



Gatlin contends his first doping violation in 2001 should be rescinded because it involved a medicine he was taking for attention deficit disorder.



He was suspended from international competition for two years, but the International Association of Athletics Federations reinstated him after one year.



If the 2001 offense is eliminated, Gatlin’s suspension likely will be sliced to two years. That would make his eligible for competition in time for the US Olympic athletics trials, which are June 27 to July 6 in Eugene, Oregon.