SALVO, North Carolina - Olympic 200 metres champion Shawn Crawford said on Tuesday he was no longer training with indicted coach Trevor Graham.

Jamaica's Asafa Powell (R) leads Shawn Crawford of the U.S. in the final of the men's 100 meters sprint during the Pedro's Cup athletics tournament in Warsaw August 30, 2006. [Reuters]

"All this stuff that's going on, I just don't want to be bombarded with it," Crawford told Reuters in a telephone interview from Raleigh, North Carolina, where he worked with Graham for the past three seasons.

"I'm doing my own thing now and getting my workouts from my dad," added the 28-year-old Crawford, who in addition to the 200 metres gold medal won a silver medal in the 4x100 metres relay and took fourth in the 100 metres at the 2004 Athens Olympics.

He said he had not spoken to Graham recently.

Graham, who has coached some of the world's top sprinters, was indicted last week by a U.S. grand jury on three counts of making false statements related to steroid distribution.

Graham helped unmask the BALCO doping scandal in 2003 by sending the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) a used syringe with small amounts of the previously undetectable steroid THG.

He is charged with lying to federal agents investigating the scandal.

Graham is due to be arraigned in San Francisco on November 16 and could face as much a five years in prison for each count if found guilty.

His attorney has said Graham is not guilty.

Graham also is under investigation by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) and USADA, and the U.S. Olympic Committee (USOC) has banned him from using its facilities.

More than six athletes Graham has coached have been suspended for doping or tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs.

They include disgraced former world 100 metres record holder Tim Montgomery and Crawford's training partner Justin Gatlin.

Olympic 100 metres champion Gatlin tested positive for testosterone in April. His case is scheduled to go before an arbitration panel next year. He could be banned for up to eight years.

"All this stuff came up with Justin, Trevor...all the drugs stuff, that just helped boost my decision that I needed to go back to doing what me and my dad did," Crawford said.

His dad coached him as a teenager and during his first three years as a professional before he joined Graham's Sprint Capitol club in 2003, Crawford said.