Australian javelin thrower banned for missing doping tests

Canberra, Aug 9 (IANS)

Jarrod Bannister of Australia competes in the Men’s Javelin Throw Qualifications on Day 12 of the London 2012 Olympic Games at Olympic Stadium on August 8, 2012 in London, England. (Photo by Stu Forster/Getty Images)

Commonwealth Games javelin champion Jarrod Bannister has been banned for 20 months for missing drug tests.

Bannister, 28, missed three tests within 18 months, which is treated the same as a positive test, reports Xinhua.

His ban will run to Feb 18, 2015.

Bannister won the gold medal at the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi in 2010 and was sixth in the 2008 Beijing Olympics.