Steve Mullings (born 28 November 1982) is a

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n former

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athlete who specialized in the

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and

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events. In 2011 he was given a lifetime ban for doping.

Career

Mullings began his international

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career with a bronze medal win in the 100 m at the

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. At the 2004 national championship he made his first impact in senior athletics, setting new bests of 10.04 and 20.22 in the sprints, and finishing as the 200 m national champion. This earned him qualification into the

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, but he was withdrawn from the competition after his sample from the national championships tested positive for banned substances. After his B sample also tested positive for

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, he was banned from competition for two years and his results between mid-2004 and 2005 were removed from the record. He returned to competition in 2006 but finished the season with unimpressive bests of 10.31 and 20.54. The following year was much more successful. He won the 100 m in

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with a wind-aided (3.7 m/s) run of 9.91 seconds, and featured on the 2007 IAAF Golden League circuit. He competed at the

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as a heats runner for the Jamaican silver medal-winning 4 × 100 metres relay team. After an uneventful 2008, Mullings returned to form in 2009. He placed second over 200 metres in the national championships behind Olympic champion

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. He set new personal bests in both sprints in July, running 20.01 seconds over 200 m in

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, and 10.01 seconds over 100 m at the

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. Competing at the 2009 World championships in

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, Mullings finished 5th behind Bolt in the

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in a personal best time of 19.98 seconds and won his first global gold medal as part of the successful Jamaican 4 × 100 metres relay team, running in both heats and the final. In 2011, he broke the 10 second barrier for the first time at age 28, and by the end of the year had run under 10 seconds seven times.

Lifetime ban for doping violations

However, on 11 August 2011, it was reported that Mullings had tested positive for the drug

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, a masking agent. The positive test was recorded at the Jamaican national trials in June where he finished third in the men's 100-metre final. On 22 November the Jamaican Anti-Doping Disciplinary Panel handed him a lifetime ban from athletics. They voted unanimously on the decision. An appeal by Mullings was dismissed by the Court of Arbitration for Sport in March 2013 and his lifetime ban was confirmed.

Personal bests

*All information taken from IAAF profile.

Track records

As of 8 September 2024, Mullings holds the following track records for 100 metres and 200 metres.

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200 metres

References

External links

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Interview with Phil Minshull from 2007
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