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USATF Takes Note of CAS Bans of Montgomery and Gaines
December 13, 2005 Courtesy of USATF
Following action taken by the Court of Arbitration for Sport earlier today
to hand down two-year bans for doping violations for sprinters Tim
Montgomery and Chryste Gaines, USA Track & Field on Tuesday
announced that Maurice Greene's time of 9.79 seconds, run in 1998,
has been restored as the American men's 100m record and Bernard
Williams is the 2001 USA Outdoor 100m champion.The Court of Arbitration for Sport opinions detail the participation of
Montgomery and Gaines in a "wide-ranging doping conspiracy" in
connection with the Balco Lab and negate results for Montgomery from
March 31, 2001 to the present, and Gaines beginning on November 30,
2003. The disqualifications include Montgomery's 100m American
record of 9.78, run in 2002, which was the world record when he ran it. Montgomery's 2001 USA Outdoor 100m title now goes to then runner-up
Bernard Williams. Curtis Johnson moves from third to second place, and
Dennis Mitchell moves up from fourth to third place. Gaines' fifth-place
finish at the 2004 USA Indoor Championships has been annulled. Sixth-
place finisher Inger Miller moves to fifth place. "It is sad when any athlete makes the tragic decision to cheat, because it
robs other athletes of their deserved recognition and hurts our sport,"
said USATF CEO Craig Masback. "We thank the CAS panel for its
careful review of these cases."
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