Christian Coleman has been cleared to take part in this month’s World Athletics Championships after the United States Anti-Doping Agency (Usada) dropped charges against him on a technicality, a statement said Monday.
US sprinter Coleman, the fastest man over 100m this year, had been facing a two-year suspension after drug-testers were unable to locate him on three separate occasions in a 12-month period.
However Usada said in a statement that after receiving guidance from the World Anti-Doping Agency on how the 12-month window should be calculated, it was withdrawing its case.
“Consistent application of the global anti-doping rules is essential in every case,” Usada chief executive Travis Tygart said in a statement.
“In this case we applied the rules to Mr. Coleman in the manner that Usada understands should be applied to any other International-level athlete.