Jerome Young

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Jerome Young athletics
nation United StatesUnited States United States
birthday August 14, 1976
Career
discipline 400 meter run

Jerome Young , (born August 14, 1976 in Clarendon Parish , Jamaica ) is a retired American athlete who grew up in Hartford, Connecticut .

Sporting successes

At the World Athletics Championships in 1997 , Jerome Young finished fifth in the 400 meter run in 44.51 s and with the 4 x 400 meter relay he was world champion. Young set a world record with the 4 x 400 meter relay on July 22, 1998 at the Goodwill Games . This was canceled on August 12, 2008 after participant Antonio Pettigrew admitted taking growth hormone and EPO .

At the 1999 World Athletics Championships , he was fourth in the 400-meter run in 44.36 s. In the season he could not be used due to injury. At the Olympic Games in 2000 , Young was only used in the relay advance. Since the US relay won gold in the finals, Young also received a gold medal. This gold medal was later denied to him . At the 2001 World Indoor Athletics Championships , Young won gold with the relay. At the IAAF World Indoor Championships in 2003 , he won gold again with the relay and came fourth in the 400-meter run. At the 2003 World Athletics Championships , Young won the 400-meter run in 44.50 s. He also won the season, but this gold medal was revoked from the USA.

Doping affairs

The first case of Young 2000

Even during the Olympic Games in Sydney at the end of September, rumors surfaced that members of the US athletics team had tested positive in the run-up to the Games. Requests by the International Athletics Federation (IAAF) to the US Athletics Federation (USATF) for disclosure of names were rejected by the US federation in 2000 on the grounds of confidentiality. In January 2003, the International Court of Justice (CAS) ruled that the US federation may have had reason to believe that no confidentiality waiver was necessary.

After Young became world champion in August 2003, the Los Angeles Times published an article mentioning Jerome Young's name. The IOC has now requested clarification from the IAAF. The IAAF did not act because it felt bound by the CAS decision of January 2003. After lengthy legal disputes, the IOC decided on June 29, 2004 that Jerome Young would be stripped of the 2000 gold medal, but that the other members of the team could keep their medals.

The Calvin Harrison case

In the run-up to the 2003 World Championships, Calvin Harrison had tested positive for Modafinil. Since Calvin Harrison was a member of the US 4-by-400-meter relay, the relay was stripped of the gold medal from the 2003 World Championships. The French relay was declared world champion.

The second case, Young

On July 23, 2004, Jerome Young tested positive for EPO. Because he was considered a repeat offender because of the first case in 2000, he was banned for life.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ iaaf.org: IAAF Council cancels 4x400m World record , accessed on August 12, 2008
  2. ↑ IOC withdraws American gold from Sydney 2000. faz.net , August 2, 2008, accessed April 21, 2018 .
  3. ↑ Source: English Wikipedia and http://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/summer/track/2004-06-29-young-background_x.htm
  4. ↑ Page no longer available , search in web archives:@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.leichtathletik.de
  5. ↑ Page no longer available , search in web archives: Iaaf.org: List of banned athletes@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.iaaf.org
personal data
SURNAME Young, Jerome
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American athlete
DATE OF BIRTH August 14, 1976
PLACE OF BIRTH Clarendon Parish , Jamaica