Commonwealth 100m winner tests positive

Kim Collins, winner of the men's 100m final at the Commonwealth Games, has tested positive for prohibited substance salbutamol…

Kim Collins, winner of the men's 100m final at the Commonwealth Games, has tested positive for prohibited substance salbutamol.

But a Commonwealth Games Federation statement tonight said that "the use of salbutamol is permitted under certain conditions".

The statement read: "The levels found in Collins' sample was consistent with normal with normal therapeutic use and was not considered to be performance enhancing."

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