A couple days ago I wrote about a judge in Florida granting Gatlin the possibility to run at this week's Olympic Trials in Eugene, OR. The topic alone seemed to spur some heated discussion on the forum. Well now it looks like we all got our panties in a bunch for nothing as the judge has dissolved that ruling. While I'm glad that this happened I still would've liked to have seen Gatlin get crus [...]

Late last evening, suspended 100m champion Justin Gatlin was granted a ray of hope for competing at the U.S. Olympic Trials that start next week. I don't think this is right and I don't think I want him to be granted the opportunity to compete but I sure am curious to see how he will compete (if he does). I can't imagine he'll run faster than 10.20. For one, he's looked out of shape in recent [...]

The recent slew of WRs in the 100m over the past couple years has given rise to the notion that 100m performances have reached a hyper-speed acceleration. The data doesn't really support this though. In fact, if there was ever a time warranting suspicion it should have been 1996. I've taken some data that I found over at Track & Field News message board and put together some charts and figures. [...]

Many of the most recent drug busts and accusations have been to those who most vehemently denied, AND EVEN SPOKE OUT AGAINST, the use of PEDs in sport: Marion Jones? Justin Gatlin? Mo Greene?Were these athletes just trying to clear a guilty conscience? Were they forced in to the PR work by their managers or national governing bodies? Perhaps they were trying to keep their future / potential rival [...]

Gatlin apparently was back in Knoxville for an NFL pro-day earlier in the week. He had a couple tryouts last year and it never worked out. I just thought it's kinda ironic how he's now returning to Knoxville to resurrect his sporting career when it could be argued that it never would have ended in the first place if he had just stayed in Knoxville and never left to work with Trevor Graham. Also [...]

Here's an interesting article from Rachel Bachman of Oregon Live:Pity poor vitamin B-12. One day it's circulating through the human body,building fresh cells and protecting nerves. The nextit's splashed across the nation's news pages likeLindsay Lohan: "Sprinter thought injection was B-12." That sprinter is Justin Gatlin, whose assistant coach gavethe world record-sharing [...]

I just found this interesting article from By Bob Baum; AP Sports Writer and I thought it might be of interest:Here's an interesting article from AP Sports writer Bob Baum: The top assistant to track coach Trevor Graham gave Justin Gatlin an injection, which he believed to be vitamin B12, two weeks before the world record-sharing sprinter tested positive for steroids. After Randall Evans [...]

A new sprint phenom or a flash in the pan. Read this article from the San Antonio Express News and decide for yourself:Here are the 100-meter times of top U.S. sprinters as teenagers or high schoolers (and what happened to each sprinter since): Rynell Parson, Stevens, March 3: 9.99 (Hand-timed and wind-aided at the East Central Invitational. His automatic 10.43 was the nation's fastest [...]

Here's an interesting update on the doper-du jour from the AP: COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Sprinter Justin Gatlin has asked for an arbitration hearing on doping charges against him, hoping to get his potential eight-year ban from track and field reduced.Gatlin, the 100-meter gold medalist at the Athens Olympics, tested positive for testosterone and other steroids at the Kansas Relays in Apr [...]

This article from the AP says disgraced sprinter Justin Gatlin will be working with HS athletes as a coach. Is this the best idea?  PENSACOLA, Fla. -- Banned Olympic champion sprinter Justin Gatlin has agreed to be a volunteer coach for the boys track team at his high school this spring. The athletic director for Woodham High School said Tuesday that Gatlin has frequently donated his time [...]