Doping Scandals in Track and Field
Runners who have tested positive for banned substances.
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Tyson Gay - This weekend some of the world’s fastest runners, including Tyson Gay, Asafa Powell and Sherone Simpson, failed their drug tests, causing shock and disappointment in the world of track and field. Take a look at these runners and others who have tested positive for banned substances. — Natelege WhaleyTyson Gay was anticipating a 100-meter showdown against Usain Bolt at the World Championships in August. But the American record holder in the event failed a drug test for a banned substance on July 14. Gay won an Olympic silver medal as part of the USA's 4x100 relay team during the 2012 summer Olympics. "I don't have a sabotage story... I basically put my trust in someone and was let down," he said of the positive test.
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Asafa Powell - Jamaican runner Asafa Powell, the one-time 100 meters world-record holder, tested positive for the stimulant oxilofrine at the Jamaican championships and were notified Sunday. "I am not now — nor have I ever been — a cheat," he said in a statement. (Photo: AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)
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Marion Jones - Marion Jones won five medals at the 2000 Olympic Summer Olympics but had to give up her medals after admitting to using performing-enhancement drugs in 2007. She served time in prison for denying her use of these stimulants to investigators. Jones has since launched her Take a Break program, in which she encourages people to avoid mistakes “that cause too big a price.” (Photo: Andy Lyons/Getty Images)
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Steve Mullings - Steve Mullings received a lifetime ban in November 2011 after being found guilty of two doping offenses. The former Jamaican runner had won gold in the 4x100m at the 2009 World Championships. His career was cut short for using diuretic furosemide, a masking agent for other drugs in 2011. In 2004 he served a two-year ban for excessive levels of testosterone. (Photo: Alexander Hassenstein/Bongarts/Getty Images)
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Ben Johnson - The Olympic committee sent Canadian runner Ben Johnson home from the Seoul games in 1988 after traces of an anabolic steroid was detected in a testing of his urine. Johnson was stripped of a gold medal he won in the 100m just days before. In January 1993 he tested positive again for steroids at an indoor track meeting in Montreal, which led to him being banned for life. (Photo: Tony Duffy/Getty Images)
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