Olympic finalist banned for 18 months for drugs violation – Wide World of Sports

Olympic finalist sprinter Deajah Stevens was banned for 18 months on Thursday for missing doping tests and will miss the Tokyo Games.
The Athletics Integrity Unit, which prosecutes cases in track and field, said Stevens was unavailable for three doping controls in 2019 in Oregon and West Hollywood. Three whereabouts violations within one year can lead to a ban.
The third and decisive missed test came when she could not be contacted after changing her telephone number to avoid harassment by an …

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