Olympic 100-meters champion Justin Gatlin will challenge his four-year suspension for a positive doping test in 2006, his attorney said on Wednesday.
"We are going to have to continue to fight because Justin has not done anything wrong," John Collins said.
Collins said Gatlin's options included appealing to the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), taking the case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) or filing a federal lawsuit.
"We are looking at all of them and may do all or some percentage of them," Collins said.
A three-member arbitration panel suspended the 25-year-old American until May 2010, but left open the possibility of adjusting the sanction.
Under IAAF rules Gatlin has 30 days to file a notice of appeal to CAS.
Collins said he hoped the matter could be resolved in time for Gatlin to compete in June's US Olympic trials for this year's Beijing Olympics.
Gatlin, the 2005 world 100-and 200-meters champion, tested positive for the male sex hormone testosterone at the 2006 Kansas Relays.
Source: China Daily
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