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ITJock

May 13 2006, 08:06 AM

Justin Gatlin sets a new world record in the 100 metres sprint at 9.76 seconds.

On May 12, 2006, Gatlin broke the 100 m world record in the final of the IAAF Super Tour meeting in Doha, Qatar with a time of 9.76 seconds, beating the previous mark of 9.77 set in 2005 by Jamaica's Asafa Powell.

On August 7, 2005 Gatlin clocked a 100 m time of 9.88 seconds to win the World Championship in Helsinki. Starting as a favorite and with world record holder Asafa Powell not competing due to injury, Gatlin beat his competitors by the widest margin ever seen at a men's World Championship 100 m to capture the Olympic-World Championship double. Gatlin also won the 200 m, becoming only the second person in athletic history to win both sprint distances during a single World Championships (the first was Maurice Greene in 1999).

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canmark

May 13 2006, 10:10 AM

Gatlin is a terrific runner and, I had thought, it was nice to see a top sprinter without a hint of scandal. But then I read...

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Gatlin, a native of Brooklyn, and a former NCAA 100 and 200 champion at Tennessee, is coached by Trevor Graham — the former coach of Montgomery and Marion Jones. At least six of Graham's athletes have tested positive for banned substances and Graham acknowledged he was the coach who anonymously sent a syringe of THG to the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, a key piece of evidence in the BALCO case.
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Gatlin never has been linked to steroids, but he received a two-year suspension after testing positive for an amphetamine at the 2001 U.S. junior championships. The drug was contained in prescription medication Gatlin had been taking for 10 years to treat a form of attention deficit disorder.

Still, I presently believe this is a clean record (unlike Tim Montgomery's 9.78, which was wiped off the books), but you wonder why he'd want to be coached by a guy linked to cheaters.

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