Britain s javelin champion Blair suspended for doping
Monday - October 2, 2017 9:22 pm ,
Category : SPORTS
London Oct 2 (IANS) Joanna Blair who won the women s javelin title at last year s British Athletics Championships was on Monday provisionally suspended after failing an anti-doping test.
Blair who recorded a personal best of of 57.44 metres represented Britain at the European Athletics Team Championships in Lille this summer but failed to make the British squad for the World Athletics Championships in August.
Blair is accused of breaching the International Association of Athletics Federation s (IAAF) anti-doping rule article 2.1 which concerns the "presence of a prohibited substance or its metabolites or markers in a sample".
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