Ex-sprinter grew up in Britain and raced for Zambia on the London and Rio Olympics earlier than later changing into a coach in america
Gerald Phiri, a two-time English Colleges 100m gold medallist who competed for Zambia on the London and Rio Olympics earlier than changing into a coach, has been suspended amid a joint investigation by the Athletics Integrity Unit and US Anti-Doping Company.
Phiri, who’s now a USA Observe & Area (USATF) licensed coach, is on the centre of a doping scandal after three athletes who’re coached by him examined optimistic for a banned drug.
The 36-year-old is described by the AIU in its press launch about his anti-doping suspension as being a USATF coach, however after being born in Zambia he had spells rising up in South Africa, Wales and England earlier than learning at Texas A&M College in america.
Carrying a particular head band, he gained his first English Colleges 100m title in a wind-assisted 11.07 at Sheffield’s Don Valley Stadium representing the host county of South Yorkshire. Aged simply 14, Phiri educated frequently on the Don Valley monitor on the time and three years later took one other English Colleges title in Gateshead in 10.75.
Gerald Phiri (Keith Mayhew)
The winners of the English Colleges titles at Gateshead in 2006 had been considered as the best age to make an affect on the London Olympics in 2012. Certainly, competing for Zambia internationally, he reached the semi-finals of the 100m on the London Video games and 4 years later was knocked out within the heats on the Rio Olympics in 2016.
He additionally raced in a number of world championships – indoors and out – ending fifth within the 60m last in Sopot in 2014. His greatest instances had been 6.52 for 60m, 10.03 for 100m and 20.29 for 200m.
An AIU assertion learn: “Between July 2023 and August 2024, three monitor athletes examined optimistic for Metabolites of GW1516 (also called Cardarine), a Metabolic Modulator, which is a non-specified substance prohibited always beneath the Prohibited Checklist of the World Anti-Doping Company (WADA).
“At this stage of the investigation, the AIU alleges that Phiri has dedicated Anti-Doping Guidelines Violations for the Possession of GW1516 when he was an Athlete in 2018 and 2019; the Possession of Meldonium (one other Metabolic Modulator) as an Athlete Assist Individual in 2024; and for failing to co-operate with the investigation by offering false and inaccurate data.
“Phiri has been provisionally suspended as of 17 March 2025. In accordance with the World Athletics Anti-Doping Guidelines, he has the fitting to make a written submission to the AIU to carry his Provisional Suspension.”
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