Athletics








Mullings misses the World Championships as he waits for B sample result

By Mike Rowbottom

Steve_Mullings_17-08-11August 17 – Steve Mullings, who has been left out of the Jamaican team for this month's IAAF World Championships after it emerged a sample he gave at the National Championships in late June contained a banned diuretic, is maintaining his innocence while awaiting the result of the analysis of his B sample.




Exclusive: Pistorius is getting "F1 advantage" and should not compete in Olympics, says South African sports scientist

By Mike Rowbottom

Oscar_Pistorius_Hungary_June_30_2011August 14 - The Court of Arbitration for Sport's (CAS) decision to allow South Africa's multiple Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius to compete against able-bodied athletes was "a complete farce", according to a fellow South African sports scientist, Dr Ross Tucker, who compares the technological advances involved in making Pistorius's prosthetic blade "legs" to those in Formula One.

Top Jamaican sprinter tests positive for banned drugs

By Duncan Mackay

Steve_Mullings_racing_June_2011August 11 - Jamaica's Steve Mullings, the world's third ranked 100 metres this year and one of the favourites for the World Championships in Daegu later this month, has allegedly tested positive for banned performance-enhancing drugs and is now facing being kicked out of the sport for life, it has been reported today.