LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AFP) — The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) over the decision by the US Anti-Doping Agency to clear US sprinter LaTasha Jenkins for doping.
In July 2006, Jenkins, who is believed to be the first to win an appeal against the USADA, tested positive for the steroid nandrolone and received a two-year ban.
A three-member arbitration panel ruled in December in her favour after she complained that labs in Belgium and Germany did not follow proper WADA procedures during the handling of her samples.
The panel ruled that both labs erred by not using two different technicians to the run the tests.
But WADA director general David Howman said here on Wednesday that his body had lodged an appeal with CAS on February 19.
Jenkins, 29, was awarded the bronze medal in the 200 metres at the 2001 World Championships when her American teammate and third-place finisher Kelli White was disqualified after revealling she used performance-enhancing drugs.
When she tested positive, Jenkins was coached by Trevor Graham, who has coached drug-tainted athletes such as Justin Gatlin and Tim Montgomery, and is currently awaiting trial on charges of lying to federal law enforcement officials in the BALCO steroid case.
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