Two runners who have served bans plan to manifest that they can compete successfully without intake of steroids. They are going to compete at the 2012 London Olympics. Justin Gatlin, an American sprinter, and the British runner Dwain Chambers want to display that they can win, competing clean.
They have already demonstrated that they are worthy to be called “Olympic champions”. While Justin Gatlin has won the gold medal, Dwain Chambers has received the bronze medal in the 60 meter sprint a1t the 2012 World Indoor Athletics Championship in Turkey.
The USA Track and Field and the US Olympic Committee invited Justin Gatlin to professional sports. These two organizations noticed about their attitude to this sprinter, supporting him.
When it comes to Dwain Chambers, it is not clear yet whether he will be permitted to participate in the Olympics. This sportsperson was not so supported, as Justin Gatlin was. Chambers received cold response from the British Olympic Association (BOA). This athlete’s return to sports induced the decision of the BOA to suspend athletes that have been caught using steroids from the Olympics forever.
The World Anti-Doping Agency has informed the BOA that this rule didn’t meet criteria the WADA rules connected with steroids. The BOA decided to war on WADA and to prevent participation of Dwain Chambers for the United Kingdom in the Olympics. The BOA has taken the case to the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS).
so, while Justin Gatlin was supported by the US Olympic Committee, Chambers’ case wasn’t pleasant.
Justin Gatlin has never acknowledged that he had applied steroids intentionally. But Chambers took the total responsibility for usage of steroids.
Gatlin tested positive for testosterone in April 2006. The world record of this athlete was annulled after the results of testing had been pronounced. At the beginning Justin Gatlin was suspended for eight years. Later his suspension was reduced by half due to cooperation with the USADA.
Justin Gatlin didn’t acknowledge that he had utilized steroids intentionally. He blamed his masseuse for application of a testosterone cream during a massage.
On the contrary, Dwain Chambers admitted that he had administered steroids and taken the whole responsibility for the violation of steroid laws. He was sentenced to 2-year ban. This runner forfeited all medals he won since 2002.
Various attitudes to these sprinters have demonstrated the difference between perceptions of sportspersons who have used steroids by anti-doping officials in the USA and in the UK.