Christian Coleman, 100m world champion in 2019, was suspended for two years for three no shows, October 27, 2020. -

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US sprinter Christian Coleman, the reigning 100m world champion, has been suspended for two years for failing to meet his anti-doping whereabouts obligations, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) announced on Tuesday.

Coleman, 24, is thus closed the door to the Tokyo Olympics, postponed to the summer of 2021 (July 23 - August 8) due to the novel coronavirus pandemic.

He has 30 days to appeal.

Christian Coleman was provisionally suspended since May 14 for three breaches of his anti-doping whereabouts obligations on January 16, April 26 and December 9, 2019. His suspension will end on May 13, 2022, which will deprive him of the Games but a priori not of the Worlds from Eugene (Oregon) postponed to summer 2022.

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Very high-level athletes are subject to scrupulous location obligations (address, training courses, training, competitions), in addition to providing each day a time slot and a location in order to be tested unexpectedly.

Three breaches of these obligations (a failed check, the "no show", or imprecise information) in less than one year are punishable by two years of suspension.

The announcement of Coleman's suspension comes just a week after charges were dropped against Bahraini 400m champion Salwa Eid Naser, who was being sued for the same reasons.

Christian Coleman has dominated the world sprint since Jamaican legend Usain Bolt retired in 2017. World champion in the 100m (9''76) and the 4x100m relay in Doha in October 2019, he also has two other medals from world silver (over 100 and 4x100m in 2017) and holds the world record for the 60m indoor (6''34).

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