Somewhere in America, for his sake hopefully within reach of a cold beer to drown his sorrows, Christian Coleman must be absolutely sick right now. After watching a little-known converted long jumper win Sunday’s wide-open Olympic 100-meter final, America’s fastest man must feel that he allowed a gift-wrapped chance at a gold medal to slip through his fingers.
On December 9, 2019, two doping control officers arrived at a gated community in Lexington, Kentucky. Finding the gate open, they entered by foot, located Coleman’s home and knocked loudly on the front door.
When nobody answered, the officers waited outside.