American coach sentenced to year’s house arrest in doping case
October 22nd, 2008 - 2:05 pm ICT by IANSSan Francisco, Oct 22 (DPA) Former track coach Trevor Graham was ordered by a San Francisco court to serve 12 months house arrest and a fine of $5,000 for lying to federal agents for his role in distributing steroids to track athletes in 2004.US District Court Judge Susan Illston Tuesday said prosecutors had presented “compelling” evidence to the jury that Graham had helped his athletes, including Olympic star Marion Jones, obtain banned drugs and then lied about it, reported the San Francisco Chronicle.
“I don’t view sending Mr. Graham to prison as a useful exercise,” said Illston while imposing the sentence.
Government prosecutors were seeking a 10-month prison term for Graham setting up his track athletes with banned drugs. Three former sprinters who won Olympic gold medals - Antonio Pettigrew, Jerome Young and Dennis Mitchell - testified against Graham.
Graham was the catalyst of the BALCO steroid scandal in 2003 when he mailed a sample of the then-undetectable steroid THG known as “The Clear” to anti-doping officials.
Last July, Graham was banned from coaching or participating in US Track and Field or US Olympic Committee events.
Jones was sentenced to six months jail Jan 11.
- I did not deserve six-month prison sentence for lying about steroid use: Jones - Dec 06, 2010
- Marion Jones Plans Return To Playing Basketball - Dec 01, 2009
- Marion Jones training at San Antonio Silver Stars - Dec 01, 2009
- CAS lift suspension from Chambers and Millar - Apr 30, 2012
- Five fresh doping cases in athletics, IOA orders probe (Lead) - Jun 30, 2011
- American sprinter Rodgers banned for doping - Mar 02, 2012
- Indian athletes should do blood tests every month: Johnson - Jul 30, 2011
- Former Olympic champion Antonio Pettigrew found dead in car - Aug 11, 2010
- Marion Jones starts new career in basketball - Mar 11, 2010
- Mandeep denies dope taint, confident of bouncing back - Jul 03, 2011
- Mandeep blames federation for not providing team doctor - Jul 01, 2011
- IOA demands judicial inquiry in doping scandal - Jul 01, 2011
- Asiad, CWG gold winner Ashwini joins dope-tainted stars (Roundup) - Jul 04, 2011
- Another Pakistani athlete banned after testing positive for steroids - Sep 21, 2010
- Three athletes fail dope test - Oct 11, 2011
Tags: american coach, antonio pettigrew, balco steroid scandal, coach trevor graham, district court judge, government prosecutors, jerome young, olympic gold medals, olympic star, san francisco chronicle