Swimmer Jessica Hardy failed a drug test which cost her a spot on the U.S. Olympic team. The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency said Friday the 21-year-old sprinter had withdrawn from the team nearly a month after she tested positive for a low level of clenbuterol, a prohibited anabolic agent, at the Olympic trials. Her lawyer, Howard Jacobs said, Hardy "will seek to have her period of suspension reduced substantially... Jessica did not knowingly or intentionally take any banned substances."
Jacobs goes on to say, "Jessica is heartbroken at this turn of events, as making the U.S. Olympic team was her cherished dream and proudest moment... she intends to resume her swimming career as soon as possible, and to again fulfill her Olympic dream in 2012."

Gatlin's 2006 positive test came as a shock to many in the track world, in large part because Gatlin held himself up as a role model for clean competition. An engaging Olympic champion, he visited high schools and regional track meets and said he liked going out and talking about his sport. Suspension to end July 25, 2010.

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Usain Bolt served notice of his immense talent ahead of the Beijing Olympics. Bolt trimmed two hundredths of a second off the record previously held by fellow-Jamaican Asafa Powell.

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