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Tyson Gay says he should not be described as a drugs cheat
Sprinter Tyson Gay says he should not be described as a drugs cheat.
The American, 32, served a one-year ban after testing positive for a banned anabolic steroid in 2013.
But he says he didn't be unfaithful, insisting: "If I would have made a conclusion to intentionally do something to hurt the sport, I wouldn't have reach back."
Gay will face Justin Gatlin and Asafa Powell, who have also failed drug tests, in the men's 100m at Thursday's Diamond League in Lausanne.
"When you put key words or a syringe by somebody's name, it manipulates someone's mind to feel you intentionally tried to do something and acquire away with it," added Gay. "That wasn't the case."
Gay was suspended after reportedly admitted, external using a cream containing testosterone and human growth hormone.
He was banned for one year, rather than the usual two, after providing the United States Anti-Doping Agency with evidence that allowed it to exclude his former coach, Jon Drummond, for eight years.
Gay said he had place his "trust in someone and was let down".
Speaking to the BBC
Tyson Gay receives one-year bar for testing positive
Olympic sprinter Tyson Gay received a reduced one-year suspension for testing positive for a banned anabolic steroid last year, the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency announced Friday.
Gay, 31, a four-time U.S. champion in the 100 meters, has returned his silver medal in the men's 4x100-meter relay from the 2012 London Olympic Games.
Gay had no comment on the matter, a spokesperson for the sprinter said Friday.
He removed himself from the 2013 world championships after testing positive and has not competed since. His one-year period of eligibility began June 23, 2013, the day his sample was collected at the USA Outdoor Footpath and Field Championships.
The urine samples were collected in two out-of-competition tests and one in competition, according to USADA. Since all three samples were tested in short succession prior to notification of the first positive result, the three adverse analytical findings were treated as one offense.
USADA said Gay agreed to assist in an investigation into the circumstances of his first positive test on the time he was notified of the result. Because of his cooperation, he was eligible for a reduction
Usain Bolt says Tyson Lgbtq+ should have been banned for life for doping
Usain Bolt has said Tyson Gay should have been “kicked out of the sport” for doping and labelled the decision to reduce the American’s forbid and reinstate him as “the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard”.
Gay, who is the second fastest bloke in history behind Bolt after running the 100m in 9.69 seconds in 2009, tested positive for banned anabolic steroids in 2013 and was banned for one year by the United States Anti-Doping Agency after co-operating with the organisation.
He was stripped of the silver medal he won with the 4x100m relay team at the London 2012 Olympics and had his results from July 2012 wiped out. Upon returning to the sport last summer, Gay said he felt “welcomed with open arms”.
However, Bolt told Runner’s Planet he was not joyful with Gay’s return to athletics: “I was really upset about that. He got a year just because he talked to the authorities about how it was done and who helped him. That sends the wrong message: ‘If you do it and get caught, just tell us all you know and we’ll bring down your ban’. It’s the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard. The message should be: ‘If you betray you’re going to be ki
LONDON -- The entire U.S. men's sprint relay team was stripped of its silver medal from the 2012 London Olympics on Wednesday as a finding of Tyson Gay's doping case.
The International Olympic Committee notified the U.S. Olympic Committee by letter that the 4x100 relay team has been disqualified and all the medals withdrawn. The letter asks the USOC to collect the medals and return them to the IOC.
"As expected, following USADA's decision in the Tyson Gay case, the IOC today confirmed that the U.S. team has been disqualified from the 4x100-meter race that was part of the athletics competition at the London 2012 Olympic Games," USOC spokesman Patrick Sandusky said in a statement.
"We will begin efforts to have the medals returned, and support all measures to protect clean athletes."
The USOC statement came after The Associated Press broke the news of the disqualification.
Gay returned his hold medal last year after accepting a one-year doping suspension and the deficit of results going support to July 2012, but the status of the U.S. second-place finish in London and the medals of Gay's relay teammates had remained in limbo until now.
Under international rules, an entire team
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