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Merritt case

15.01.2011 World

2009 400 m world champion LaShawn Merritt will not be able to defend his Olympic 400 metres title at London next year after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) refused to back down from its new tough anti-doping stance.

The IOC’s ruling Executive Board and Athletes’ Commission threw their weight behind the rule, which bars any athlete with a doping suspension of at least six months from competing in the next Olympics. Informs insidethegames. As title defender from Berlin he will have the wild card for Daegu World Championships this year. On the other side USATF asks wild card holders to compete at national championships but his ban ends after the trials in July. Still a tricky situation. Euromeetings is not inviting athletes who are harming the image of the sport, the line goes for bans two years or more. That would mean Merritt will be invited to top meetings and could compete on the circuit.


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