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Why didn't Christian Coleman compete at the Tokyo Olympics? A look back at his suspension

Christian Coleman, of the United States, wins the men’s 100 meters during the 2024 Prefontaine Classic at Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore., on Saturday, May 25, 2024.
Christian Coleman, of the United States, wins the men’s 100 meters during the 2024 Prefontaine Classic at Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore., on Saturday, May 25, 2024.

Coleman served a two-year ban during the 2020 Summer Olympics

entirely dismissed by those judges

“Shopping receipts show that the athlete was shopping at least from 7:13 pm, also purchased a Chipotle at 7:13 pm and finally purchased 16 items from a Walmart Super Center at 8:22 pm. The athlete’s evidence was that he returned home briefly some time between 8 and 8:10 pm, ate his Chipotle while watching the kick-off and then went out again. We do not accept the athlete’s evidence.“It would have been simply impossible for him to purchase a chipotle at 7:53 pm [the store being five to nine minutes from his residence], drive home, park the car, go into his residence, eat the chipotle, then watch the kick-off of the football game which only started at 8:15 pm, and thereafter go out again in his car, drive to the store and pick up 16 items at the Walmart Supercenter so as to be able to pay for them by 8:22 pm.”

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