10 other Doping scandals that rocked the Track and Field

Sunday was a black day for athletics with 100m stars Tyson Gay and Asafa Powell both confirming they have tested positive for banned substances.

But athletics, and sprinting in particular, has persistently been afflicted by doping scandals. Here is a list  of 10 other doping scandals that has threatened the integrity of the track and field.

Ben Johnson (Canada). Stripped of his 100 metres gold medal at the 1988 Seoul Olympics after testing positive for banned steroids. Still the biggest scandal to hit the Olympic Games.

Linford Christie (Britain). At 32, the oldest man to win gold in the 100 metres with victory at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. Seven years later, in semi-retirement, tested positive for the steroid nandrolone.

Dwain Chambers (Britain). Finished fourth in the 100 final at the 2000 Sydney Olympics but was banned for two years in 2003 after testing positive for the designer steroid THG in the BALCO laborary scandal.



Tim Montgomery (U.S.). Also implicated in the doping scandal that engulfed the San Francisco laboratory. The American set a 100 metres world record of 9.78 in 2002 but later admitted to doping at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.



Marion Jones (U.S.). Montgomery's partner and the biggest victim of the BALCO scandal, Jones became the first woman to win five track and field medals at a single Olympics at Sydney 2000 After years of denial, she confessed to being a drugs cheat and was jailed for lying to federal investigators.

Justin Gatlin (U.S.). The American, who won gold in the 100 at the Athens Olympics, has served two doping bans, including four years for excessive levels of testosterone. Won bronze at the 2012 London Olympics.

Veronica Campbell-Brown (Jamaica). Twice Olympic 200 metres champion who is currently suspended after testing positive for a banned diuretic at a meeting in May this year.

Sherone Simpson (Jamaica). Gold medalist at the 2004 Olympics in Athens and a silver medalist last year in London as part of Jamaica's 4x100 metres relay teams, Simpson tested positive for the banned stimulant oxilophrine at last month's Jamaican athletics championships.

Katerina Thanou/Kostas Kenteris (Greece). Thanou (100 metres silver medallist in Sydney) and her Greek team mate Costas Kenteris (Sydney 200 metres champion) were accused of faking a motorcycle crash just before the 2004 Athens Olympics to skip a dope test.

Krabbe (Germany). Double sprint champion at the 1991 world championships in Tokyo who never competed at an Olympics after a ban for the anabolic agent clenbuterol.