Fagan handed two-year ban

MARTIN FAGAN has been banned for two years by the Irish SportAnti-Doping Disciplinary Panel for using EPO.

The 28 year old Mullingar athlete failed an out of competition drugs test at his apartment in Tucson, Arizona, on December 10 and, over the weekend, he came out and admitted the violation — an admission that virtually ruled out his option, or the need, to have the “B” sample tested.

This was obviously in his favour when the Disciplinary Panel met yesterday evening.