United States sprinter Erriyon Knighton has been cleared to compete at the Olympic Games after an independent arbitrator determined his failed drug test was “more likely than not” caused by contaminated meat.
Knighton, the 2023 World Championship 200m silver medalist, tested positive for a metabolite of trenbolone during an out-of-competition drug test on March 26 and was provisionally suspended on April 12, the US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) said in a statement.
But the arbiter’s ruling that Knighton’s positive test was “more likely than not caused by consuming” contaminated meat clears the 20-year-old, whose 200m personal best of 19.49 seconds is the fifth-fastest time in history, to take part in the US Olympic Trials, which begin on June 21 in Oregon.
