NCAA Champ Ross Booted From Worlds for Missed Doping Test

NCAA Champ Ross Booted From Worlds for Missed Doping Test
Randolph Ross of the United States starts a heat in the men's 400-meter run at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo on Aug. 1, 2021. Martin Meissner/AP Photo
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EUGENE, Ore.—Back-to-back NCAA champion Randolph Ross was booted from the world track and field championships on the eve of his 400 meter preliminary race, about a month after officials could not locate him to take an antidoping test.

The Athletics Integrity Unit announced Saturday it was provisionally suspending the North Carolina A&T sprinter for tampering with the antidoping process after an unsuccessful testing attempt on June 18. The investigation concluded, the AIU said, after officials interviewed him Thursday.