World 100m champ to miss Tokyo Olympics after ban for missing doping tests

Reigning world 100-meter champion Christian Coleman is set to miss the Tokyo Olympics after being banned for two years by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU).

The independent body, which combats doping, had provisionally suspended the 24-year-old in June for failure to undergo drug tests.

The World Anti-Doping Agency’s (WADA) whereabouts system requires athletes to let anti-doping officials know where they will be for one hour every day, as well as details of overnight accommodation and training venues.

The American sprinter admitted he missed the drugs test on December 9, 2019, the third missed test in the space of one year.