LONDON (AP) — A British shot-putter has been handed a three-year ban after testing positive for two prohibited substances.
Mark Edwards, who was ranked No. 2 in Britain in 2010, tested positive for testosterone and a metabolite of the banned substance clostebol last September. He was provisionally suspended in November.
A tribunal of the National Anti-Doping Panel said it gave Edwards a harsher sanction than the standard two-year ban because the presence of more than one banned substance constituted aggravating circumstances.
The tribunal rejected claims by Edwards that his urine sample may have been tampered with en route to a laboratory.
The 36-year-old Edwards, who coached Britain at the 2008 Paralympic Games, is banned until November 2013.
