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Jarrion Lawson

Jarrion Lawson

April 09, 2020

The Amazing Story Of How Jarrion Lawson Cleared His Name: He Showed That The Head Of A WADA Lab Provided False Testimony Against Him

Jarrion Lawson's is free to compete once again after his legal team was able to show that Christiane Ayotte, the head of the WADA-accredited doping control lab at the Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique in Laval, Quebec, lied while testifying during his case.
August 19, 2019

A Life On Pause: Jarrion Lawson's Career Hangs In The Balance As He Fights His Four-Year Doping Ban -- And The Global Anti-Doping System

How do you prove something you ate over a year ago was contaminated with a substance banned for athletes -- but not for cattle? That's what Lawson, who in 2016 joined Jesse Owens as the only men in history to win the 100 meters, 200 meters, and long jump at the NCAA championship and came inches shy of Olympic gold, must do to prove his innocence and save his career.
April 05, 2018

April 28: Drake Relays Men’s 100m Field Unveiled With Five Olympians Including Andre De Grasse

De Grasse will face Mike Rodgers and World LJ silver medalist Jarrion Lawson.
August 10, 2016

Olympic Men's Long Jump: Can Great Britain's Greg Rutherford Hold Off the Americans and Join Carl Lewis As A Two-Time Olympic Champion?

With a win, world champ Rutherford would join Carl Lewis as the only men with multiple Olympic long jump titles. His competitors include training partner and last year's runner-up, Fabrice Lapierre of Australia, world leader Jarrion Lawson of the U.S. and U.S. champ Jeff Henderson.
June 12, 2015

Video, Results And Recap Of USC's Andre De Grasse's Amazing 9.75 And 19.58 NCAA Double

The former basketball player Andre De Grasse ran an unbelievable 9.75 and 19.58 double at the NCAA champs in only his fourth year of track. Unbelievable.