SPORTS BRIEFLY.Byline: The Register-Guard THE WIRE Gatlin can reduce ban by testifying against coach LONDON - Justin Gatlin Justin Gatlin (born February 10, 1982) is an American sprinter. He is an Olympic gold medalist, with a personal best of 9.77 seconds. He is currently serving an eight-year ban from track and field for testing positive for a banned substance, which he is currently appealing. could escape a lifetime ban if he testifies against his coach. By testifying against Trevor Graham Trevor Graham is a Jamaican-born athletics coach, based in the United States. Graham was part of the silver medal winning Jamaican 4×400m team at the 1988 Summer Olympics, running in the first round and semi-final, though not the final. , Gatlin would exercise the ``substantial assistance'' provision in the World Anti-Doping Agency's code, which reduces the ban by proving ``he or she bears no significant fault or negligence'' in the violation. The 24-year-old American sprinter faces the ban after a second positive doping doping, in electronics: see semiconductor. Altering the electrical conductivity of a semiconductor material, such as silicon, by chemically combining it with foreign elements. test, but that could be reduced to eight years if Gatlin provides information about his coach. ``Since we don't have any criminal investigative powers - like wiretaps, warrants for searching premises, etc. - it takes information coming to us from people aiming for a reduction in their own doping sentences,'' said general counsel Travis Tygart. THE REGION Telles, Hill share lead at stroke play event CRESWELL - Isaiah Telles of Tualatin and Erik Hill of Grants Pass shot even-par 71s Friday to share the lead at the Oregon Men's Stroke Play Championship at Emerald Valley Golf Club. Paul Campbell Paul Campbell is the name of:
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