Sport 27-09-2002 who: Pole-vaulter Janine Whitlock what: Has two-year ban upheld after doping scandal when: Yesterday snippet: Whitlock missed the Commonwealth Games after testing positive for the banned steroid methandienone at the English Commonwealth trials in June, reports The Independent. Her coach Brian Hooper protested her innocence, saying: "It`s exactly what I knew would happen. It doesn`t mean that Janine is guilty. I know she has never taken steroids. It is just the rules as they stand and she has been suspended for two years." [... more]

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