WORLD and Olympic 100 metres champion Justin Gatlin has been banned for a maximum of eight years by the United States Anti-Doping Agency after admitting he committed “a doping violation”.

JOHN CAPEL and Natalya Sadova are the two biggest names to fall foul of competition drug tests carried out by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) this year.

John Capel and Natalya Sadova are the two biggest names to fall foul of competition drug tests carried out by the International Association of Athletics Federations this year.

JUSTIN GATLIN became only the second man in World Championship history to complete the 100m/200m sprint double in Helsinki last night when he outgunned the young pretenders to add the 200m title to the 100m crown he won on Sunday.