Sprint star Coleman gets two-year ban, to miss Tokyo Olympics

^{World 100 metres champion Christian Coleman will miss next year's Tokyo Olympics after being banned for two years for breaching whereabouts rules, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) said on Tuesday.}

^{Coleman, who narrowly escaped a ban last year for missing three doping tests, was provisionally suspended by the AIU in June.}

^{The American sprinter had claimed at the time that anti-doping officials had not followed procedure when he missed them after going Christmas shopping on December 9, 2019, at a time when he had said he would be at home.}

^{"We impose on the athlete a period of ineligibility of two years, which will end on May 13, 2022," the AIU said in a statement on its website.}

^{"The decision may be appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport."}

^{Three failures to properly file whereabouts information or being absent during the hour stated in a 12-month period can result in a one or two-year suspension.}

^{Coleman, also a silver medallist in the 100m and 4x100m relay at the 2017 worlds, escaped suspension last year when the US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA), after receiving guidance from the World Anti-Doping Agency on how to calculate the 12-month window for three missed tests, withdrew the charge.}

^{The sprinter later demanded an apology from USADA, but two of those misses have now combined with the latest failure to result in a ban.}