At the 1997 World Championships in Athens, Richardson ran the anchor leg for Great Britain in the 4 × 400 m relay, winning the silver medal. His unofficial split time was 43.5. On 7 January 2010 it was announced that Great Britain's 1997 World Championship 4 × 400 m relay team are to be awarded the gold medal; they were beaten by a U.S. team that included Antonio Pettigrew, who admitted in 2008 to using performance-enhancing drugs.[3]
Richardson received a two-year ban from the IAAF after he failed a drugs test which was taken on 25 October 1999. He was suspended in March 2000 and subsequently missed the 2000 Olympics in Sydney.[7] He tested positive for banned substance nandrolone, but claimed that he was unaware of taking the substance.[8] Unlike fellow competitors Linford Christie, Gary Cadogan and Doug Walker, Richardson accepted the ban and chose not to pursue his case to arbitration.[8] The IAAF did re-instate Richardson in June 2001, under their "exceptional circumstances" rule.[9]UK Athletics also cleared Richardson (as they did with Christie, Cadogan and Walker) as they believed there was enough reasonable doubt over the intention to take a banned substance.[8] The IAAF overrule such decisions because they hold athletes completely responsible for drug samples under a "strict liability rule".[8]
Later career and retirement
Although he was re-instated to competition in 2001, Richardson was never able to deliver on the potential that he showed prior to his ban when he became one of the few athletes ever to beat Michael Johnson over 400m in 1998.[10] He never managed to win a solo gold medal at a major championship and retired from the sport after failing to recover from an Achilles tendon injury towards the end of 2003.[11]
References
^Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 30 November 2013.
^Richardson forced to call time on career guardian.co.uk
External links
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mark, richardson, sprinter, mark, richardson, athlete, redirects, here, other, sportspeople, with, this, name, mark, richardson, disambiguation, mark, ashton, richardson, born, july, 1972, slough, english, former, athlete, competed, mainly, metres, metres, rel. Mark Richardson athlete redirects here For other sportspeople with this name see Mark Richardson disambiguation Mark Ashton Richardson born 26 July 1972 in Slough 1 is an English former athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres and 4 x 400 metres relay for Great Britain and England He won the gold medal in the 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1997 World Championships and again in the same event at the 1998 European Championshipss At the Olympic Games he won relay silver and bronze medals in 1992 and 1996 In the individual event Richardson s most significant international results were silver at the 1998 Commonwealth Games and bronze in the 1998 European Championships in addition to three domestic championships gold medals between 1995 and 2002 Mark RichardsonPersonal informationFull nameMark Ashton RichardsonNationality BritishBorn 1972 07 26 26 July 1972 age 50 SportSportRunningEvent s SprintsMedal record Men s AthleticsRepresenting Great BritainOlympic Games1996 Atlanta 4 400 m relay1992 Barcelona 4 400 m relayWorld Championships1997 Athens 4 400 m relayEuropean Athletics Championships1998 Budapest 4 400 m relay1998 Budapest 400 mWorld Junior Championships1990 Plovdiv 4 400 m relay1990 Plovdiv 400 mRepresenting EnglandCommonwealth Games1998 Kuala Lumpur 400m1998 Kuala Lumpur 4 400 m relayAs of July 2022 Richardson was ranked joint third in the all time Great Britain lists for 400 metres 2 Contents 1 Athletics career 2 Doping case 3 Later career and retirement 4 References 5 External linksAthletics career EditHe competed for Great Britain in the 1996 Summer Olympics held in Atlanta United States in the 4 x 400 metre relay where he won the silver medal with his team mates Iwan Thomas Jamie Baulch and Roger Black This team set a UK record 2 56 60 in the process At the 1997 World Championships in Athens Richardson ran the anchor leg for Great Britain in the 4 400 m relay winning the silver medal His unofficial split time was 43 5 On 7 January 2010 it was announced that Great Britain s 1997 World Championship 4 400 m relay team are to be awarded the gold medal they were beaten by a U S team that included Antonio Pettigrew who admitted in 2008 to using performance enhancing drugs 3 He represented England and won double silver in the 400 metres and 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia 4 5 6 Doping case EditRichardson received a two year ban from the IAAF after he failed a drugs test which was taken on 25 October 1999 He was suspended in March 2000 and subsequently missed the 2000 Olympics in Sydney 7 He tested positive for banned substance nandrolone but claimed that he was unaware of taking the substance 8 Unlike fellow competitors Linford Christie Gary Cadogan and Doug Walker Richardson accepted the ban and chose not to pursue his case to arbitration 8 The IAAF did re instate Richardson in June 2001 under their exceptional circumstances rule 9 UK Athletics also cleared Richardson as they did with Christie Cadogan and Walker as they believed there was enough reasonable doubt over the intention to take a banned substance 8 The IAAF overrule such decisions because they hold athletes completely responsible for drug samples under a strict liability rule 8 Later career and retirement EditAlthough he was re instated to competition in 2001 Richardson was never able to deliver on the potential that he showed prior to his ban when he became one of the few athletes ever to beat Michael Johnson over 400m in 1998 10 He never managed to win a solo gold medal at a major championship and retired from the sport after failing to recover from an Achilles tendon injury towards the end of 2003 11 References Edit Evans Hilary Gjerde Arild Heijmans Jeroen Mallon Bill et al Mark Richardson Olympics at Sports Reference com Sports Reference LLC Archived from the original on 18 April 2020 Retrieved 30 November 2013 Ranking List Great Britain s relay heroes will finally be honoured 1998 Athletes Team England England team in 1998 Commonwealth Games Federation Athletes and results Commonwealth Games Federation Richardson suspended over drugs test bbc co uk a b c d Two year drug ban cut short for Richardson independent co uk 15 June 2011 Archived from the original on 21 November 2014 Retrieved 28 August 2011 Mark Richardson reinstated under Exceptional Circumstances rule IAAF org Star still waiting for solo gold bbc co uk Richardson forced to call time on career guardian co ukExternal links EditMark Richardson at databaseOlympics com archived Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Mark Richardson sprinter amp oldid 1104498598, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
