My heart is flat out broken. One of my favorite athletes was just issued
a 5 year ban for drug test result tampering.

To me, Brianna Rollins McNeal is the best hurdler in the world. She is the Olympic champion. However, since winning gold in 2016, she has been connected with
several doping issues. She was banned from competition for the 2017 season for missing three drug tests within a 12 month cycle. That prevented her from competing
in the 2017 world championships.

Earlier this year she was provisionally banned while under investigation for
tampering with drug test results. The investigation was just completed, and
and she was found guilty of the tampering. She now must serve a 5 year
competition ban, which means her athletic career is over. She is 29 years old,
and will be 34 at the end of her ban.

She is appealing the decision, so she will be allowed to compete in the
US Championships, with an appeals decision to be given before the Olympic
games.

So for the upcoming Olympics:

Christian Coleman, the 100m World Champion, will not be in the Olympics
because he is currently enduring a doping ban

And now it appears that the women’s 100m hurdles 2016 Olympic champion will
not be in the Olympics because she will be enduring a doping ban.

This is why no matter who I am watching who is great in track and field,
I just hope they are clean.