Olympic Updates-American Tyson Gay tests positive for banned substance

Another prominent athlete has tested positive for banned substances. Tyson Gay of the USA admitted his positive test on Sunday July 14. Gay pulled out of the Track and Field World Championships next month in Moscow, Russia.

Gay has admitted responsibility in what goes in his body and makes no excuses for the failed out of competition doping test. Gay's "B' sample will be tested this week.

Gay has run the three fastest 100m times in the world this year.
Gay faces a possible suspension of up to two years from the sport.

Also Jamaican track star Asafa Powell also tested positive for Oxilophrine which is a banned substance. He was tested during the Jamaican track and field championships held in early June.

Both Gay and Powell said they would not knowingly take any substances that are banned.

I'm now wondering who's next to fail a doping test.

In more positive news the head of the USOC, Larry Probst has been nominated for IOC membership.


Update on Tyson Gay: Gay will return in early July 2014 from a one year ban.

USA National Track and Field Championships

This is a few weeks late..

The USA National Track and Field Championships were held in Des Moines, Iowa at Drake University on June 20-23. Athletes who do not achieve the A standard by July 15 will not qualify for Moscow for the World Championships even though they placed in the top 3. Also a fourth qualifer in some events for the World Championships will also compete in Moscow and get a bye because they are Olympic Champions.

The US Team that will be heading to Moscow for the World Championships to be held August 10-18, 2013 are:

Mens 100- Tyson Gay, Justin Gatlin and Charles Silmon
Women's 100- English Gardiner, Octavious Freeman and Alexandra Anderson
Men's 200- Tyson Gay, Isiah Young and Curtis Mitchell
Women's 200- Kimberlyn Duncan, Allyson Felix and Jeneba Tarmoh
Men's 400- Lashawn Merritt, Tony Mcquay and Arman Hall
Women's 400- Natasha Hastings, Francena McCorory and Ashley Spencer
Men's 800- Duane Soloman, Nick Symmonds and Brandon Johnson
Women's 800- Alysia Montano, Brenda Martinez and Ajee Wilson
Men's 1500- Matthew Centrowitz, Leo Manzano and Lopez Lemong
Women's 1500- Treniere Moser, Mary Cain and Cory McGee
Men's 5000- Bernard Legat, Galen Rupp and Ryan Hill
Women's 5000- Jenny Simpson, Molly Huddle and Shannon Rowbury
Men's 3000 Steeplechase- Evan Jager, Daniel Huling and Deshawn Turner
Women's 3000 Steeplechase- Nicole Bush, Ashley Higginson and Shalaya Kipp
Men's 110 Hurdles- Ryan Wilson, David Oliver and Aries Merritt
Women's 100 Hurdles- Brianna Rollins, Queen Harrison and Nia Ali
Men's 400 Hurdles- Michael Tinsley, Kerron Clement and Bershawn Jackson
Women's 400 Hurdles- Dalilah Muhammed, Georganne Moline and Christine Spence

Men's Pole Vault- Brad Walker, Jeremy Scott and Jack Whitt
Women's Pole Vault- Jennifer Suhr, Kylie Hutson and Amber Campbell
Men's High Jump - Erik Kynard JR, Dustin James and Ronnie Black, JR
Women's High Jump- Brigetta Barrett, Inika McPhearson and Maya Pressley
Men's Javelin- Riley Doleezal, Sam Humphries and Sean Furay
Women's Javelin- Brittany Borman, Ariana Ince and Kara Patterson
Men's Triple Jump- Omar Craddock, Will Claye and Ryan Grinnell
Women's Triple Jump- Andrea Geubelle, Toni Smith and Amanda Smock
Men's Long Jump- George Kitchens, Jr, Jeffrey Henderson and Ronald Taylor, Jr.
Women's Long Jump - Janey Deloach Soukup, Tori Polk and Funmi Jimoh
Men's Hammer- AG Kruger, Chris Cralle and Andrew Loftin
Women's Hammer- Amanda Bingson, Jeneva McCall and Amber Campbell
Men's Shot Put- Ryan Whiting, Reese Hoffa and Zack Lloyd
Women's Shot Put- Michelle Carter, Tia Brooks and Alyssa Haslen
Men's Discus- Lance Brooks, Russ Winger and James Plummer
Women's Discus- Gia Lewis-Smallwood, Whitney Ashley and Elizabeth Podominick

Olympic updates-Jamaican track athlete faces possible suspension

I usually post about American athletes but because of the intense rivalry between Jamaican and US Track and Field athletes I decided to add this to my blog.

A few weeks ago there was a brief scandal of an unknown Jamaican track athlete who tested positive for using a banned substance. The press wouldn't say who for a few days so I had every Jamaican track athlete's name running through my mind. It turned out to be Jamaican spinter Veronica Campbell-Brown. She tested positive for a banned diuretic in May. She was suspended by the Jamaican Athletics Federation and is under investigation. The banned substance she used is called furosemide. It has been used by athletes to mask other illegal substances.

Reports say she can be given a punishment from just a warning to a two year doping ban and because its a lesser offense Campbell-Brown will likely get a six month suspension. Campbell-Brown is a seven time Olympic medalist and a two time 200M world champion.
Campbell-Brown's possible suspension comes four years after another Jamaican track athlete Shelly Ann Fraser-Pryce tested positive for Oxycodone and was suspended for six months.