Robert Harting: Gatlin should be cancelled from Athlete of the Year list
Robert Harting’s a men of honour: despite all request by the Iaaf board he won’t reconsider his position and remains officially retired from the pool of possible winners of the 2014 Athlete of the Year award.
He described one and only possible scenario: former 4 years banned athlete (2006-2010) Justin Gatlin should be cancelled from the shortlist. In that case Harting would stand again in the competition.
The discus thrower position is one of the bravest in anti-doping history, also because it comes from a thrower: an often criticised specialty in all its forms due to high number of doped athletes that belonged to it.
We stand firmly behind Harting and hope that Iaaf will undergo a rule which bans formerly disqualified athletes from the chance of winning awards of any kind.
