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MONACO — Jamaican runner Christopher Taylor has been banned for 2½ years for avoiding a doping test and will miss next year's Paris Olympics. The Athletics Integrity Unit says Taylor was banned for "evading, refusing or failing to submit to sample collection" in Jamaica in November 2022. His ban expires in May 2025. He will be 25. Taylor placed sixth for Jamaica in both the individual 400 meters and the men's 4x400 relay at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021. He helped Jamaica take silver in the 4x400 at the 2022 worlds in Oregon.
