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U.S. sprinter Spearmon tests positive for banned substance

Jamaican Olympic gold medallist Usain Bolt (L) jokes with U.S. sprinter Wallace Spearmon as they leave their training session for the "Mano a Mano" challenge on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro August 15, 2014.REUTERS/Sergio Moraes

Three-times U.S. 200 metres champion Wallace Spearmon Jr. has been suspended for three months after testing positive for a banned substance, the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) said on Friday.

Spearmon, 29, tested positive at a meeting in Edmonton, Canada in July for methylprednisolone, a banned substance contained in a prescribed medication the twice Olympian was taking under the care of a physician, USADA said.

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