Jet, August 23, 2004 v106 i8 p51(1)
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Olympic sprinter Calvin Harrison will not be running in Athens this week because he was recently suspended for two years for a second doping violation that knocked him off the U.S. Olympic team. The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) said that Harrison was found guilty of using the stimulant modafinil at the U.S. track and field championships in June 2003.
Harrison also tested positive for the stimulant pseudoephedrine during the 1993 U.S. junior indoor championships and served a three-month suspension. As a repeat offender, he had a two-year ban.
Harrison, part of the 1,600-meter gold medal relay team in the Sydney Olympics that already faces loss of its medals because of a positive drug test by another team member, was selected for the U.S. squad for Athens as part of the relay pool. He also was on the 1,600-meter relay team that won a gold medal in the 2003 world championships in Paris, and that squad now could face loss of its medals.