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Article: USADA Wants To Ban 4 Athletes
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- The Washington Post
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- June 24, 2004
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The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency yesterday notified four U.S. athletes
that it will seek lifetime bans against them for alleged drug
violations uncovered in evidence from the federal investigation of
Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative, according to attorneys and sources
involved in the cases.
Tim Montgomery, Chryste Gaines, Alvin Harrison and Michelle
Collins have until Monday to respond to USADA, which has indicated it
will expedite the arbitration hearings in order to resolve the cases
before the July 9-18 U.S. Olympic trials in Sacramento.
Montgomery, Harrison and Collins never have failed a drug test.
Gaines last year tested positive for modafinil, a stimulant used to
treat narcolepsy, and ...