1.   At the Olympics, if an athlete takes a banned substance, that athlete can be suspended, even if the substance was ingested inadvertently.

2.   IAAF president Primo Nebiolo also has threatened to invoke the IAAF so-called contamination rule by suspending athletes who compete against Johnson.

3.   In both cases, athletes were suspended for multiple games, but the schools themselves incurred no NCAA sanctions.

4.   In recent weeks, the track and field federations in Cuba and Jamaica have declined to suspend athletes who have tested positive for cocaine and the steroid nandralone.

5.   The IAAF, in turn, has ordered USA Track and Field to suspend all athletes who competed against Johnson in the April Mount SAC Relays in California.

6.   The IAAF suspends athletes after what it considers a positive drug test, pending a hearing.

7.   The leagues should suspend athletes for a year and take away their salaries, in addition to calling for their cooperation, Gingrich said.

8.   The IAAF, based in Monaco, believes that an athlete should be suspended and an announcement made public after an A sample tests positive.

9.   This is too long, according to the IAAF, which suspends athletes after the A sample is declared positive.

10.   Adding to the dispute, the IAAF said it could suspend any athlete who chooses to compete against either runner.