The Scottish cyclist, David Millar, has been offered the chance to participate at the 2012 London Olympics, after his lifetime Games ban was overturned by the Court of Arbitration for Sport yesterday.
The Scottish cyclist, David Millar, has been offered the chance to participate at the 2012 London Olympics, after his lifetime Games ban was overturned by the Court of Arbitration for Sport yesterday.
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Neil Drysdale
Millar, who received a two-year suspension, following a positive test for the banned substance, EPO, in 2004, had previously declared he had no wish to compete in the Olympics as "a black sheep", but has recently received a vote of confidence from two of the biggest names in British cycling –world champion Mark Cavendish, and the governing body's performance director, Dave Brailsford.
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