American sprinter Christian Coleman is under investigation over concerns he may

Posted by poch1991@jourrapide.com on August 23rd, 2019

The 23-year-old won the silver medal at the 2017 World Championships in London behind fellow American Justin Gatlin and has a personal best of 9.79secs, making him the seventh fastest man in history.

He also set a new world record for the 60m when he claimed gold at the World Indoor Championships in Birmingham last year and was talked about as a new superstar sprinter in the post-Usain Bolt era.

However he pulled out of a Diamond League event in Birmingham last Friday.

Under the 'whereabouts' system, athletes must let officials know where they will be for one hour every day as well as details of overnight accommodation and training.

Former Great Britain 400m Olympic champion Christine Ohuruogu received a year's ban in 2006 for three failures under the 'whereabouts' system for three missed tests.

However, cyclist Lizzie Deignan at the Court of Arbitration for Sport in 2016, which allowed her to compete at the Rio Olympics and prevented a two-year ban after she missed three out-of-competition tests in a 12-month period. One of those tests was later declared void.

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