STELLENBOSCH, South Africa (AP) β Top South African sprinter Simon Magakwe has been banned two years for refusing to undergo an out-of-competition doping test.
Athletics South Africa president Aleck Skhosana says Magakwe did not submit to a test when asked to do so by anti-doping officials at his South African training base on Dec. 22 last year.
Skhosana said Wednesday that he had been notified by the International Association of Athletics Federations that Magakwe’s window to appeal has now expired and he has been banned until Dec. 22, 2016.
Magakwe is the South African 100-meter record holder and the only South African to run the 100 under 10 seconds. He ran 9.98 seconds at the national championships last year.
