Masback 'disappointed' in banned Gatlin

US Track and Field chief executive officer Craig Masback has expressed his disappointment in Justin Gatlin after the world and Olympic 100 metres champion was banned for a maximum of eight years after admitting his positive test “constituted a doping violation”.

The 24-year-old American was facing the prospect of a life ban after testing positive for testosterone at the Kansas Relays on April 22 but was spared after agreeing to “cooperate in the effort to eradicate the use of drugs from sport”.