House arrest for disgraced Graham

Graham avoided the jail terms handed out to Conte and Jones

Athletics coach Trevor Graham has been sentenced to a year of house arrest for lying during the American investigation into the Balco doping scandal.

Graham sparked a huge drugs scandal in 2003 by anonymously sending the US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) a syringe with a previously undetectable steroid.

It was traced back to the Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative (Balco), a San Francisco-based company.

The resulting scandal hit athletics, baseball and American football.

It also led to prison terms for Balco founder Victor Conte and others, including Olympic sprinter Marion Jones.

Jamaican-born Graham formerly trained Jones and disgraced sprinters Tim Montgomery and Justin Gatlin.

He was convicted in May of lying over his relationship with Angel Heredia, a Mexican athlete who testified he sold performance-enhancing drugs to Graham and his athletes.

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In July, various administrative bodies including the US Olympic Committee banned for Graham for life as a coach.

Montgomery was jailed for five years earlier in October for heroin dealing.