Bomb in world athletics: Christian Coleman, champion of the 100 meters, suspended and loses the Tokyo Olympics

10/27/2020 3:47 PM

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Updated 10/27/2020 3:47 PM

The American

, current world champion of the

was sanctioned with a two-year suspension for failing to comply with his obligations to locate the anti-doping protocol, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) announced on Tuesday.

Coleman, 24, thus sees the door closed to participate in the Tokyo Olympic Games, from July 23 to August 8, 2021, postponed one year due to the new coronavirus pandemic.

In any case, the athlete has 30 days to appeal this decision.

The North American sprinter was provisionally suspended since May 14 for failing to comply on three occasions (January 16, April 26 and December 9, 2019) the obligation to be traceable to undergo anti-doping controls.

His suspension will end on May 13, 2022, so that in addition to the Tokyo Olympics, Coleman could not participate in the

(United States) postponed to the summer (boreal) of 2022.

High-level athletes have to promptly communicate their location and notify each day of a time slot and a place so that they may eventually be subjected to doping controls by surprise.

Coleman, behind Bolt at the World Athletics Championships in London in 2017. (Photo: EFE)

According to the regulations of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), any combination of three breaches of these rules, either for failing a test or for not having submitted documents on time or incomplete information, in a period of 12 months, it is considered a doping offense that can be punished with a suspension of up to two years.

Coleman's suspension announcement comes just a week after the AIU acquitted Bahraini

, the current 400-meter world champion, provisionally suspended since June for the same reason.

Coleman is the king of world sprinting since the retirement of Jamaican legend Usain Bolt in 2017.

World champion in the 100 meter sprint with a time of 976/100 and the 4x100 meter relay in Doha in October 2019, Coleman also has two world silver in those same two events at the 2017 World Cup, in addition to holding the record for the world of 60 meters indoors (6s34 / 100).

(With information from AFP)