Court ruling ends Gatlin's hopes
China Daily | Updated: 2008-06-28 07:27
ATLANTA: Banned Olympic 100 metres champion Justin Gatlin's dream of defending his gold medal ended on Thursday when a court rejected his appeal to run in this week's US trials for the Beijing Games.
The 26-year-old's legal team had filed appeal motions to the 11th Circuit US Court of Appeals in Atlanta and the federal district court in Pensacola asking for an emergency injunction.
The Atlanta court ruled that Gatlin had not "met the applicable standard for such an injunction".
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