Steve Mullings to be sentenced today
Published:Monday | November 21, 2011 | 3:42 PM
Jamaican sprinter Steve Mullings will know the length of his ban when the disciplinary panel meets this afternoon at the Jamaica Conference Centre in Kingston.
The overseas-based Mullings was found guilty of an anti-doping violation by the three-man disciplinary panel of the Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission (JADCO), last Thursday.
However, sentencing was postponed until today pending receipt of a document from the Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA) outlining the specifics of a prior violation by Mullings.
The 28-year-old had previously tested positive for testosterone in 2004 and served a two-year ban.
He now faces a long ban from the sport.
Chairman of the JADCO Disciplinary Panel Lennox Gayle said the document from the JAAAs regarding Mullings’ first ban in 2004 will determine the length of the ban.
Mullings tested positive for the banned substance Furosemide, just 16 days before the August 27 to September 4 World Championships begin in Daegu, South Korea this year.
He returned the positive test at the Jamaican National Championships, which were held at the National Stadium from June 23 to 26.
Mullings’ lawyer Alando Terrelonge said the athlete was found guilty of an anti-doping violation because he did not attend the hearing.
Terrelonge said he was not surprised of the ruling as it was clear once the three-member panel rejected an affadavit that the athlete tried to submit into evidence.