COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.—Sprinter Jerome Young, already stripped of an Olympic gold medal and banned for life for a doping violation, has accepted more sanctions after admitting to using EPO and human growth hormone as far back as 1999.
The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency said Tuesday said that Young has been disqualified from all competitive results since Jan. 1, 1999, and agreed to return a gold medal he won in the 400-meter at the 2003 World Championships.
In 2004, Young was banned for life and stripped of his Olympic gold medal from the 1,600-meter relay at the 2000 Games in Sydney for a positive EPO test.
Young had tested positive for the steroid nandrolone in 1999, but was exonerated by a U.S. appeals panel in 2000. He ran in the opening and semifinal rounds of the 2000 Games, but not in the 1,600-meter final anchored by Michael Johnson.
