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orate tests Gatlin had passed before and after the 2006 positive test. Collins had argued that Gatlin to challenge Gatlin unknowingly had a testos- terone cream applied to him by a disgruntled massage therapist, who repeatedly has denied the allegations. The sprinter also said he 4-year suspension received an injection of what sup- posedly was vitamin B-12 from PHOENIX (AP) - Olympic courts was that he believes there petition after just one year of disorder) is blatant discrim- Randall Evans, an assistant to champion sprinter Justin Gatlin is precedent for a U.S. judicial rul- what would have been a two-year ination in violation of the coach Trevor Graham, in the will challenge his four-year dop- ing to be applied internationally, ban. An arbitration panel in the Americans With weeks leading up to the Kansas ing suspension and may take the but acknowledges that's not a cer- 2001 case determined Gatlin did Disabilities Act," Campbell competition. case to the U.S. courts in a bid to tainty. not attempt to cheat. wrote. While praising Gatlin's defend his title. Gatlin tested positive for exces- That panel, however, didn't Campbell, a former demeanor and cooperation, the "We may have to file multiple sive testosterone at the Kansas find that he had "no fault" in the Olympic wrestler who has dis- panel said it could not rule out the actions at the same time," Gatlin's Relays in April 2006. It was his case. Collins argued there was no sented in several arbitration panel possibility that he had knowingly attorney John Collins told The second doping offense. As a 19- such finding because none was rulings against athletes, accused taken the drug. Associated Press on Wednesday. year-old competitor at the Youth required under rules in place at anti-doping organizations of "You're presumed guilty until A three-member U.S. arbitra- World Championships, Gatlin test- the time. "behaving as if they are above proven innocent," Collins said of tion panel - acting under the rules ed positive for amphetamines, Gatlin can appeal to the Court the law." the process. for appeal by the U.S. Anti-Doping part of a prescribed medication of Arbitration for Sport, take the "In these situations, they are The panel noted Gatlin coop- Agency - voted 2-1 to suspend he was taking for attention deficit 2001 case back to the International nothing more than bullies prey- erated with U.S. investigators Gatlin, who faced a possible eight- disorder. Association of Athletics ing on the vulnerable," Campbell probing the San Francisco-area year ban for his second doping The U.S. arbitration panel Federations or challenge the rul- wrote. "The federal government Sprinter Justin Gatlin hits Bay Area Laboratory Co- offense, in a 53-page ruling unanimously ruled Gatlin com- ing in U.S. court. A lawsuit would should take a serious look at this the tape to win the 100-meter Operative, which has implicated released Tuesday. mitted a doping offense in April maintain that his first offense practice." dash during the Prefontaine athletics champions Marion Jones Under the panel's ruling, 2006, but the sprinter's first doping should be thrown out because it Collins, who also represented Classic track and field meet and Tim Montgomery. Gatlin would be eligible to run offense in 2001 troubled the group. violates Gatlin's rights under the Gatlin in the 2001 case, said he in Eugene, Ore.,in this May But Collins criticized the rul- 28, 2006 file photo. Gatlin May 25, 2010. That would prevent Gatlin had taken medication Americans With Disabilities Act. would meet with the family to ing for failing to mention that had a potential eight-year him from defending his 100-meter for attention deficit disorder since The act is a U.S. law which pro- determine the next course of doping ban reduced to four BALCO lead investigator Jeff title at the Beijing Olympics this childhood. He stopped taking the hibits discrimination of those action. years, retroactive to April Novitzky testified he found no evi- August. If the sprinter can get his medication three days before the deemed to have a mental or physi- "We have to talk it over," he 2006, which means he'll still dence Gatlin ever knowingly used first offense erased, it likely would competition, but small amounts cal disability. said in a telephone interview be on the sidelines for the performance enhancing drugs. result in a two-year ban that still were detected. Christopher Campbell was the from his Chicago office. "We're Beijing Olympics in August, Collins said he believes the would expire this May, a month Gatlin continued to compete in dissenter in the panel's 2-1 vote. going to do something." a person with knowledge of panel was swayed by the fact that before the U.S. Olympic trials. American collegiate meets for the "Increasing Mr. Gatlin's sanc- Collins harshly criticized the the decision told The Graham was Gatlin's coach. Collins said his strategy of University of Tennessee and was tion for his first violation because panel for failing to mention how Associated Press on "It's guilt by association," taking the matter to the American reinstated for international com- of his disability (attention deficit many of the advanced, more elab- Tuesday. (AP) Collins said.

Davis Cup preparation Beijing to clear major streets row ends of beggars ahead of Olympics BEIJING (AP) - Beijing has Xinhua quoted Yu launched a campaign to remove Hongyuan, deputy director with beggars and unlicensed sellers the Beijing city police, as saying from Tiananmen Square and a the around-the-clock patrols major street running through the were aimed at uprooting illegal center of the city in the run-up to activities and building a "harmo- the Olympic Games, state media nious, civilized and sound" envi- reported Thursday. ronment for the Olympic Games. Beggars and unlicensed ped- Police already have started dlers will be fined and have their using sniffer dogs to detect fire- goods confiscated, Xinhua News works and other explosive sub- Agency said. stances on Beijing's subway sta- The crackdown also will tions ahead of the Olympics, focus on Chang'an Avenue, the which start Aug. 8. city's major east-west artery that cuts across the top of the square. An elderly Chinese man reads Tiananmen is a major tourist a newspaper on his cart while Vasantha Wijesekara, re-appointed Swiss coach Dominik Utzinger will be attraction and visitors are con- his partner collects recyclable Davis Cup Manager. this year’s SL Coach. stantly accosted by beggars and items from garbage cans out- side a shopping mall in Beijing, people selling maps or fake goods by Revata S. Silva Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2008. At the meeting held last such as watches. (AP/Andy Wong) The Tennis Sunday present were SLTA Association last Sunday (Dec. 30) President Janaka Bogollagama, reappointed Vasantha Wijesekara Vice Presidents, Wijesekara, AVM and Dominik Utzinger as Sri Lalaka Peiris, Mjr. Gen. Seevali Marion Jones asks judge for leniency Lanka Manager and Coach respec- Wanigasekara, Brig. Asoka Shane Bond to tively for next April’s Teheran Padeniya, Maxwell de Silva and event. Angelo Patrick, along with the for lying about doping, fraud The controversy began when four-member Selection Committee. join Indian the first round of trials began in Meanwhile, Rohan de Silva, WHITE PLAINS, New York filed Dec. 21 prosecutors said any- mid-December triggering a rift in last year’s Non-Playing , (AP) - Former Olympic champion thing between no time and six the National Selection Committee too, is likely to be reappointed Marion Jones says she has been months would be appropriate. League headed by P. S. Kumara. next week by the SLTA General punished enough and should not That filing included a doping Then, as ‘The Island’last Committee. have to go to prison for lying about calendar from the files of the San Sunday revealed, Sri Lanka’s lead- Last Sunday’s meeting also doping and check fraud. Francisco-based Bay Area ing player Harshana Godamanna resolved to consider two top Sri In court papers filed on New Laboratory Co-Operative indicat- said he sit out this year’s cam- Lanka players now based in the Year's Eve, Jones' lawyers asked a ing Jones used several perform- paign if last year’s Davis Cup offi- USA, Franklyn Emmanuel and U.S. judge to give her probation ance-enhancing drugs. Prosecutors cials weren’t reappointed, hinting Oshada Wijemanne, for selections, when he sentences her next week. said the evidence shows "a concen- that he was not comfortable with if they play in this month’s trials "She has been cast from trated, organized, long-term effort the set of new officials who were held at the SLTA. American hero to to use these sub- likely to be appointed by the SLTA (Pix by Nishan S. national dis- stances for her for this year. Priyantha) grace," the memo personal gain." said. "The public They said her scorn, from a false statements nation that once "derailed the gov- Cricketers to star adored her, and ernment's inves- her fall from tigative efforts." grace have been In the check in ‘Victory’ severe punish- fraud scheme, Several of the world's top cricketers haven't got many lines and it will be a ments. ... She has Jones admitted WELLINGTON, New banned from playing for are to play in a Bollywood movie about good chance to see how people work in been stripped of lying about her Zealand (AP) - New , the national cricket. other professions. her gold medals, knowledge of the Zealand fast bowler Shane selectors will be encour- duo Sajid Mahmood and "The older members of my family will her accomplish- involvement of Bond is set to join the rebel aged to consider other will star alongside be chuffed to bits but I'm more into ments, her fellow athletics in a players in his place. Australians , Allan Border, Mike Hollywood action movies." wealth and her champion Tim deal which could earn him "I can't say for certain Hussey and Jason Gillespie as well as New Zealand players , public standing." Montgomery, the 600,000 New Zealand dol- he has signed but I under- members of the current team in the and Craig McMillan were Jones admit- father of her lars (US$450,000, euro stand that is what his movie Victory. also set to star in the film, but their sup- ted in court in older son, in a 310,000), newspapers agent is saying," Vaughan The story is about an Indian boy who porting roles were cut because they October that she scheme to cash reported Thursday. said. becomes the greatest cricketer in the signed with the rebel Indian Cricket lied to govern- millions of dol- Bond, 32, has not con- "Our preference is for world. League. ment investiga- lars worth of firmed the move but New the selectors not to choose England stars Mahmood and Jones The New Zealand Herald reports the tors. Outside stolen or forged Zealand Cricket chief exec- (rebel) players. It is not a court, the former Marion Jones checks. utive Justin Vaughan indi- ban but it would be fair to will fly out to Sydney next week to film trio are furious that their roles were athletics champi- Montgomery, cated in an interview with say if he has signed we their scenes. canned after pressure from the Board of on announced her retirement and who once held the world record in Wellington's Dominion would prefer he did not "I don't have a big role. I just play Control for Cricket in India. said through tears, "It's with a the 100 meters, pleaded guilty in Post newspaper that his play in the (upcoming) myself and bowl - that can't be too diffi- "To me it's a bit farcical, really; they're great amount of shame that I the conspiracy. organization was aware of England series." cult," Mahmood told The Guardian. just being silly. It is out-and-out wrong," stand before you and tell you that I Jones' papers include letters the bowler's impending Though injury-prone, "I've never wanted to be a movie star. Astle said. have betrayed your trust." from friends about her good works departure. Bond is regarded as New My ambition as a little kid was to take "The thing is it's starting to affect our She has since relinquished her improving sports facilities in Bond's association with Zealand's best fast bowler for England and become a great earnings off the field. The big issue is that five Olympic medals. Belize and working to immunize the Indian league, which since . Bond fast bowler and, although things haven't I don't think anyone, no matter how signif- As part of the plea agreement, infants in Ghana. They said she is has not been sanctioned by has taken 79 wickets in 17 gone too well recently, nothing has icant their standing in the game, should prosecutors suggested she be sen- devoted to her two children and is India's official cricket tests at an average of 22.39 changed. have a pull over our capacity to earn off tenced to six months in prison at essential to their care "in every authority, means that while and 125 wickets in limited- "It's quite exciting. Fortunately I the field." (cricket365.com) most. In pre-sentencing papers way that a mother can be." Bond will not be directly overs matches at 19.32.