Athletics: Turner under investigation
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Your support makes all the difference.Officials from three organisations are to meet to investigate the case of a banned sprinter who was picked for the World Indoor Championships last month.
Doug Turner was selected for the British squad to compete in Paris despite being under a three-month ban imposed by the Scottish Games Association in January for testing positive for an illegal stimulant.
The British Athletics Federation, which selected the squad, had not been told of the ban and has requested more information from the SGA, as has the world governing body, the International Amateur Athletics Federation.
A BAF spokesman said: "A meeting is being held between the SGA, the Scottish Athletics Federation and the BAF on 23 April to discuss the matter.
"We have requested further information in writing from the SGA, and the IAAF have requested of us the same information."
Turner was caught using an illegal stimulant in the New Year professional sprint in Edinburgh.
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