Paris (AFP)
The new US sprint star, Noah Lyles, said he was "shocked" on Friday by the situation of his alter ego Christian Coleman, who could miss the Doha World Cup (September 27 - October 6) following three breaches of his obligations. anti-doping localization.
"I was shocked, we do not expect that from anyone, to miss three controls, but we do not know why for now, there can be so many reasons," said Lyles (22). years) at a press conference before the Paris Diamond League meeting on Saturday.
"It can happen to everyone, it happened to Brianna Rollins (Olympic champion in the 100m hurdles in 2016, suspended a year between the end of 2016 and 2017) For example, but as an athlete you have to master what you make sure that you stay clean, "said the 200m specialist, who became the 4th best performer in distance history in July (19.50).
"I know that what I'm doing is clean and I can only hope everyone else does the same, I can not control others."
His compatriot Christian Coleman, vice-world champion in the 100m and favorite of the World Cup in Doha, is threatened with a suspension that could deprive him of the World Cup but also the Tokyo Olympics in 2020 for missing three times less one year to its whereabouts obligations, which constitutes an anti-doping offense.
According to US media and the Daily Mail, which revealed the news Thursday, Coleman is seeking to challenge one of these three defaults to avoid a suspension.
"For me, this is not a scandal three no-show, a scandal is a positive control, or three + no-show + with phony excuses, here we will see how he will defend himself and know s 'he did not play with the no-show + to load, the ball is on his side,' explained European Champion in the 110m hurdles Pascal Martinot-Lagarde.
"I lived about six months with two" no show "and I too, almost in quotation marks, to be banned For bullshit I was in my period of moving, I lived in Insep and I I did some work in my house, sometimes I finished my work late, so I did not go back to Insep, and there were controllers twice when I was either at home or at Insep. I almost shit on it. "
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