Gatlin faces prospect of being stripped of 100 metres record

JUSTIN GATLIN will be stripped of his share of the 100 metres world record if he is found guilty of a doping offence, the International Amateur Athletics Federation have confirmed.

Gatlin is already facing the prospect of a life ban after testing positive for testosterone at the Kansas Relays in Lawrence on April 22. And IAAF general secretary Pierre Weiss confirmed: “If Gatlin is confirmed guilty after having produced the two positive tests, the record will be annulled.”

Gatlin equalled Asafa Powell’s world record of 9.77 seconds at the Doha Super Grand Prix on May 12. The record was ratified before it was known he had failed the test three weeks earlier.