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Article: Athletics: A bitter pill to swallow; Walker in dock over steroid substitute.(Sport)
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- The Mirror (London, England)
- Article date:
- January 27, 1999
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THE label on the bottle promises power and strength but the contents have heaped only shame and misery on Doug Walker, one of the stars of British athletics.
Mirror Sport's revelation that Walker, the European 200metres champion, had failed two secret tests threw athletics into turmoil yesterday.
But the sport's new governing body, UK Athletics, refused to say what substance had caused Walker to fail two drug tests.
He could now face a two-year ban from the sport.
But Mirror Sport can reveal the Scot had taken 19-Nor, or ...