A three-member disciplinary panel has found Jamaican sprinter Steve Mullings guilty of doping.

The sportsman now faces a lifetime ban and did not attend the hearing and could not be reached for comment.

From Espn.go.com:

The Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission found him guilty of ingesting furosemide, a banned diuretic and masking agent, at the sprinting powerhouse’s national trials in June. After testing positive, he was dropped from the Jamaican squad heading to the World Championships in South Korea.

In 2004, he was banned from the sport for two years after failing a drug test during qualifications to compete in the 2004 Olympics. His urine tested positive for testosterone.

In 2004, Mullings was banned after he tested positive for testosterone.

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