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{{Infobox Years in Athletics
|Title                           = 2010 in athletics
|Image                           = David Rudisha KBC Night of Athletics 2010.jpg
|ImageSize                       = 180
|Caption                         = [[David Rudisha]] twice broke the 800&nbsp;m world record
|Major world competitions        = {{nowrap|[[2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships|2010 World Indoor Championships]]}}
|No. of world records            = 10
|IAAF Athletes of the Year       = 
|T&F News Athletes of the Year   =
|World Marathon Majors winners   = 
|Competitions introduced         = [[IAAF Diamond League]]
|Competitions made defunct       = 
|Previous                        = [[2009 in athletics (track and field)|2009]]
|Next                            = [[2011 in athletics (track and field)|2011]]
}}
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In 2010 there was no obvious, primary [[athletics (sport)|athletics]] championship, as neither the [[Summer Olympics]] nor the [[World Championships in Athletics]] occurred in the year. The foremost championships to be held in 2010 included: the [[2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships]], [[2010 European Athletics Championships]], [[2010 African Championships in Athletics]], and [[Athletics at the 2010 Commonwealth Games]].<ref>[http://www.iaaf.org/WIC10/news/kind=100/newsid=55530.html One month to go - IAAF World Indoor Championships]. [[IAAF]] (2010-02-12). Retrieved on 2010-02-13.</ref>

Two major competitions debuted in new formats. The [[IAAF Diamond League]] – a worldwide expansion on the European-centred [[IAAF Golden League]] concept – saw a schedule of fourteen one-day meetings with some of the sport's most prominent athletes centrally contracted to a track and field series for the first time.<ref name=Launch>[http://www.iaaf.org/news/kind=101/newsid=54931.html Track and Field’s elite endorse IAAF Diamond League at sparkling launch]. [[IAAF]] (2009-11-21). Retrieved on 2010-01-02.</ref> The second competition was the renamed [[IAAF Continental Cup]] (formerly World Cup) which had its format simplified: previously a contest between several countries and continents, it comprised only four teams (Africa, the Americas, Europe and Asia/Oceania).<ref>[http://www.iaaf.org/aboutiaaf/news/newsid=48375.html IAAF Council Meeting notes, Monaco - 21 November]. [[IAAF]] (2008-11-21). Retrieved on 2009-09-11.</ref>

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==Major events==

===World===
{{div col}}
*[[2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships in Athletics]]
*[[2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics|World Junior Championships in Athletics]]
*[[2010 IAAF Continental Cup|Continental Cup]]
*[[Athletics at the 2010 Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]]
*[[Athletics at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics|Summer Youth Olympics]]
*[[2010 IAAF Diamond League|IAAF Diamond League]]
*[[2010 World Marathon Majors|World Marathon Majors]]
*[[2010 IAAF World Cross Country Championships|World Cross Country Championships]]
*[[2010 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships|World Half Marathon Championships]]
*[[2010 IAAF World Race Walking Cup|IAAF World Race Walking Cup]]
*[[2010 WMRA World Mountain Running Championships|WMRA World Mountain Running Championships]]
{{div col end}}

===Regional===
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*[[2010 African Championships in Athletics|African Championships]]
*[[2010 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships|Asian Indoor Championships]]
*[[2010 Asian Junior Athletics Championships|Asian Junior Championships]]
*[[Athletics at the 2010 Asian Games|Asian Games]]
*[[Athletics at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games|Central American and Caribbean Games]]
*[[Athletics at the 2010 Central American Games|Central American Games]]
*[[2010 European Athletics Championships|European Athletics Championships]]
*[[2010 European Cross Country Championships|European Cross Country Championships]]
*[[2010 European Cup Winter Throwing|European Cup Winter Throwing]]
*[[2010 European Mountain Running Championships|European Mountain Running Championships]]
*[[2010 European Team Championships|European Team Championships]]
*[[2010 Ibero-American Championships|Ibero-American Championships]]
*[[Athletics at the 2010 Micronesian Games|Micronesian Games]]
*[[2010 NACAC Cross Country Championships|NACAC Cross Country Championships]]
*[[Athletics at the 2010 South American Games|South American Games]]
*[[2010 South American U23 Championships|South American U23 Championships]]
*[[2010 South American Cross Country Championships|South American Cross Country Championships]]
*[[Athletics at the 2010 South Asian Games|South Asian Games]]
*[[2010 South Asian Junior Championships|South Asian Junior Championships]]
*[[2010 Oceania Athletics Championships|Oceania Athletics Championships]]
*[[2010 Oceania Cross Country Championships|Oceania Cross Country Championships]]
{{div col end}}

=== National ===
{{div col}}
* [[2010 American Samoa Athletics Championships]]
* [[2010 German Athletics Championships]]
* [[2010 Guam Athletics Championships]]
* [[2010 Kiribati Athletics Championships]]
* [[2010 Latvian Athletics Championships]]
* [[2010 Lithuanian Athletics Championships]]
* [[2010 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships]]
{{div col end}}

=== Local ===
* [[2010 Vilnius Athletics Championships]]

==World records==

===Men===
{| class="wikitable" border="1"
|-
! Event
! Athlete
! Nation
! Performance
! Meeting
! Place
! Date
|-
|[[800 metres|800 m]]
|[[David Rudisha]]
|{{KEN}}
|1:41.09
|[[Internationales Stadionfest|ISTAF]]
|{{flagicon|GER}} Berlin, Germany
|22 August
|-
|[[800 metres|800 m]]
|[[David Rudisha]]
|{{KEN}}
|1:41.01
|[[Rieti Meeting]]
|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Rieti]], Italy
|29 August
|-
|[[Road running|10 km]] (road)
|[[Leonard Komon]]
|{{KEN}}
|26:44 	  
|[[Utrecht Singelloop|Singelloop]]
|{{flagicon|NED}} [[Utrecht (city)|Utrecht]], Netherlands
|26 September
|-
|[[Road running|15 km]] (road)
|[[Leonard Komon]]
|{{KEN}}
|41:13	  
|[[Zevenheuvelenloop]]
|{{flagicon|NED}} [[Nijmegen]], Netherlands
|21 November
|-
|[[Road running|20 km]] (road)
|[[Zersenay Tadese]]
|{{ERI}}
|55:21{{AthAbbr|+}}
|[[Lisbon Half Marathon]]
|{{Flagicon|POR}} [[Lisbon]], Portugal
|21 March
|-
|[[Half marathon]]
|[[Zersenay Tadese]]
|{{ERI}}
|58:23
|[[Lisbon Half Marathon]]
|{{Flagicon|POR}} [[Lisbon]], Portugal
|21 March
|-
|[[Road running|25 km]] (road)
|[[Samuel Kosgei]]
|{{KEN}}
|1:11:50<ref name=25K>Wenig, Jorg (2010-05-09). [http://www.iaaf.org/news/kind=100/newsid=56673.html Kosgei, Keitany shatter 25Km World records in Berlin - Updated]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-01-04.</ref>
|[[BIG 25 Berlin]]
|{{flagicon|GER}} Berlin, Germany
|9 May
|-
|[[Triple jump]] (indoor)
|[[Teddy Tamgho]]
|{{FRA}}
|17.90 m
|[[2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]]
|{{flagicon|QAT}} [[Doha]], Qatar
|14 March
|-
|[[Indoor heptathlon]]
|[[Ashton Eaton]]
|{{USA}}
|6499 pts<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/28/sports/28track.html New Reality Dawns on Record Setter in Heptathlon]. ''[[The New York Times]]'' (2010-03-27). Retrieved on 2011-01-04.</ref><ref>[http://www.iaaf.org/news/kind=101/newsid=58733.html World record ratified]. [[IAAF]] (2010-11-17). Retrieved on 2011-01-04.</ref>
|[[NCAA Men's Indoor Track and Field Championship|NCAA Indoor Championship]]
|{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Fayetteville, Arkansas]], United States
|12–13 March
|}

===Women===
{| class="wikitable" border="1"
|-
! Event
! Athlete
! Nation
! Performance
! Meeting
! Place
! Date
|-
|[[Hammer throw]]
|[[Anita Włodarczyk]]
|{{POL}}
|78.30
|[[Enea Cup]]
|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Bydgoszcz]], Poland
|6 June
|-
|[[Road running|25 km]] (road)
|[[Mary Keitany]]
|{{KEN}}
|1:19:53<ref name=25K/>
|[[BIG 25 Berlin]]
|{{flagicon|GER}} Berlin, Germany
|9 May
|-
|[[4 x 800 metres relay|4 × 800 m relay]] (indoor)
|[[Tatyana Andrianova]]<br>[[Oksana Spasovhodskaja]]<br>[[Yelena Kofanova]]<br>[[Yevgeniya Zinurova]]
|{{RUS}} (Moscow-1 Team)
|8:12.41<ref>[http://www.iaaf.org/mm/Document/News/GeneralNews/05/91/37/20110125045748_httppostedfile_NEWS119_23319.pdf IAAF Newsletter Ed. 119] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110303210518/http://www.iaaf.org/mm/Document/News/GeneralNews/05/91/37/20110125045748_httppostedfile_NEWS119_23319.pdf |date=2011-03-03 }}. [[IAAF]] (2011-01-25). Retrieved on 2011-01-25.</ref>
|Russian Indoor Championships
|{{flagicon|RUS}} Moscow, Russia
|28 February
|}

==Season's bests==
{|{{Athletics Year Bests}}
|-
|[[60 metres]]
| {{flagathlete|[[Dwain Chambers]]|GBR}} || 6.48 || 
| {{flagathlete|[[LaVerne Jones-Ferrette]]|ISV}} || 6.97 || '''NR''' 
|-
|[[100 metres]]
| {{flagathlete|[[Tyson Gay]]|USA}}<hr>{{flagathlete|[[Nesta Carter]]|JAM}} || 9.78 || 
| {{flagathlete|[[Veronica Campbell-Brown]]|JAM}} || 10.78 || 
|-
|[[200 metres]]
| {{flagathlete|[[Usain Bolt]]|JAM}} || 19.56 || 
| {{flagathlete|[[Veronica Campbell-Brown]]|JAM}} || 21.98 || 
|-
|[[400 metres]]
| {{flagathlete|[[Jeremy Wariner]]|USA}} || 44.13 || 
| {{flagathlete|[[Debbie Dunn]]|USA}} || 49.64 || 
|-
|[[800 metres]]
| {{flagathlete|[[David Rudisha]]|KEN}} || 1:41.01 || '''WR'''
| {{flagathlete|[[Alysia Johnson]]|USA}} || 1:57.34 || 
|-
|[[1500 metres]]
| {{flagathlete|[[Silas Kiplagat]]|KEN}} || 3:29.27 || 
| {{flagathlete|[[Anna Alminova]]|RUS}} || 3:57.65 || 
|-
|[[3000 metres]]
| {{flagathlete|[[Tariku Bekele]]|ETH}} || 7:28.70 || 
| {{flagathlete|[[Meseret Defar]]|ETH}} || 8:24.46 || Indoors
|-
|[[5000 metres]]
| {{flagathlete|[[Eliud Kipchoge]]|KEN}} || 12:51.21 || 
| {{flagathlete|[[Vivian Cheruiyot]]|KEN}} || 14:27.41 || 
|-
|[[10,000 metres]]
| {{flagathlete|[[Josphat Kiprono Menjo]]|KEN}} || 26:56.74 || 
| {{flagathlete|[[Meselech Melkamu]]|ETH}} || 31:04.52 || 
|-
|[[60 metres hurdles]]
| {{flagathlete|[[Dayron Robles]]|CUB}} || 7.34 || 
| {{flagathlete|[[Lolo Jones]]|USA}} || 7.72 || 
|-
|[[100 metres hurdles|100]]/[[110 metres hurdles]]
| {{flagathlete|[[David Oliver (athlete)|David Oliver]]|USA}} || 12.89 || '''NR'''
| {{flagathlete|[[Priscilla Lopes-Schliep]]|CAN}} || 12.52 || 
|-
|[[400 metres hurdles]]
| {{flagathlete|[[Bershawn Jackson]]|USA}} || 47.32 || 
| {{flagathlete|[[Lashinda Demus]]|USA}} || 52.82 || 
|-
|[[3000 metres steeplechase]]
| {{flagathlete|[[Brimin Kipruto]]|KEN}} || 8:00.90 || 
| {{flagathlete|[[Milcah Chemos Cheywa]]|KEN}} || 9:11.71 || 
|-
|[[10 kilometres]]
| {{flagathlete|[[Leonard Komon]]|KEN}} || 26:44 || '''WR'''
| {{flagathlete|[[Lineth Chepkurui]]|KEN}} || 30:45 || 
|-
|[[15 kilometres]]
| {{flagathlete|[[Leonard Komon]]|KEN}} || 41:13 || '''WR'''
| {{flagathlete|[[Peninah Arusei]]|KEN}} || 47:48 || 
|-
|[[Road running|20 kilometres]]
| {{flagathlete|[[Zersenay Tadese]]|ERI}} || 55:21 || '''WR'''
| {{flagathlete|[[Mare Dibaba]]|ETH}} || 1:03:47 || 
|-
|[[Half marathon]]
| {{flagathlete|[[Zersenay Tadese]]|ERI}} || 58:23 || '''WR'''
| {{flagathlete|[[Elvan Abeylegesse]]|TUR}} || 1:07:07 || 
|-
|[[25 kilometres]]
| {{flagathlete|[[Samuel Kiplimo Kosgei]]|KEN}} || 1:11:50 || '''WR'''
| {{flagathlete|[[Mary Keitany]]|KEN}} || 1:19:53 || '''WR'''
|-
|[[30 kilometres]]
| {{flagathlete|[[Tsegaye Kebede]]|ETH}} || 1:28:46 || 
| {{flagathlete|[[Atsede Baysa]]|ETH}} || 1:39:28 || 
|-
|[[Marathon]]
| {{flagathlete|[[Patrick Makau]]|KEN}} || 2:04:48 || 
| {{flagathlete|[[Liliya Shobukhova]]|RUS}} || 2:20:25 || 
|-
|[[20 kilometres race walk]]
| {{flagathlete|[[Alex Schwazer]]|ITA}} || 1:18:24 || 
| {{flagathlete|[[Anisya Kirdyapkina]]|RUS}} || 1:25:11 || 
|-
|[[50 kilometres race walk]]
| {{flagathlete|[[Yohan Diniz]]|FRA}} || 3:40:37 || 
|align=center colspan=3| — 
|-
|[[Pole vault]]
| {{flagathlete|[[Steven Hooker]]|AUS}} || 6.01 m || Indoors
| {{flagathlete|[[Jennifer Suhr]]|USA}} || 4.89 m || 
|-
|[[High jump]]
| {{flagathlete|[[Ivan Ukhov]]|RUS}} || 2.38 m || Indoors
| {{flagathlete|[[Blanka Vlašić]]|CRO}} || 2.06 m || Indoors
|-
|[[Long jump]]
| {{flagathlete|[[Christian Reif]]|GER}} || 8.47 m || 
| {{flagathlete|[[Olga Kucherenko]]|RUS}} || 7.13 m || 
|-
|[[Triple jump]]
| {{flagathlete|[[Teddy Tamgho]]|FRA}} || 17.98 m || 
| {{flagathlete|[[Olga Rypakova]]|KAZ}} || 15.25 m || '''AR'''
|-
|[[Shot put]]
| {{flagathlete|[[Christian Cantwell]]|USA}} || 22.41 m || 
| {{flagathlete|[[Nadzeya Ostapchuk]]|BLR}} || 21.70 m || Indoors
|-
|[[Discus throw]]
| {{flagathlete|[[Gerd Kanter]]|EST}} || 71.45 m || 
| {{flagathlete|[[Nadine Müller (athlete)|Nadine Müller]]|GER}} || 67.78 m || 
|-
|[[Javelin throw]]
| {{flagathlete|[[Andreas Thorkildsen]]|NOR}} || 90.37 m || 
| {{flagathlete|[[Maria Abakumova]]|RUS}} || 68.89 m || 
|-
|[[Hammer throw]]
| {{flagathlete|[[Koji Murofushi]]|JPN}} || 80.99 m || 
| {{flagathlete|[[Anita Wlodarczyk]]|POL}} || 78.30 m || '''WR'''
|-
|[[Pentathlon]]
|align=center colspan=3| —
| {{flagathlete|[[Jessica Ennis]]|GBR}} || 4937 pts || '''NR'''
|-
|[[Heptathlon]]
| {{flagathlete|[[Ashton Eaton]]|USA}} || 6499 pts || '''WR'''
| {{flagathlete|[[Jessica Ennis]]|GBR}} || 6823 pts || 
|-
|[[Decathlon]]
| {{flagathlete|[[Bryan Clay]]|USA}} || 8483 pts || 
|align=center colspan=3| —
|-
|[[4×100 metres relay]]
| {{flag|United States}}<br>[[Trell Kimmons]]<br>[[Wallace Spearmon]]<br>[[Tyson Gay]]<br>[[Michael Rodgers (athlete)|Michael Rodgers]] || 37.45 || <ref>{{cite web|title=4x100 Metres Results|url=http://www.diamondleague-zurich.com/en/Results/Overview/4-x-100m-Relay-Men/|publisher=www.diamondleague-zurich.com|date=2010-08-19|accessdate=2010-08-19|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20100821004349/http://www.diamondleague-zurich.com/en/Results/Overview/4-x-100m-Relay-Men/|archivedate=2010-08-21|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| {{flag|Ukraine}}<br>[[Olesya Povh]]<br>[[Nataliya Pohrebnyak]]<br>[[Mariya Ryemyen]]<br>[[Elizaveta Bryzhina]] || 42.29 || 
|-
|[[4×400 metres relay]]
| {{flag|United States}} U23<br>[[LeJerald Betters]]<br>[[O'Neal Wilder]]<br>[[Joey Hughes]]<br>[[Tavaris Tate]] || 2:58.83 || 
| {{flag|Russia}}<br>[[Anastasiya Kapachinskaya]]<br>[[Antonina Krivoshapka]]<br>[[Kseniya Ustalova]]<br>[[Tatyana Firova]] || 3:21.26 || 
|}

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==Awards==
[[File:Blanka Vlašić.jpg|thumb|right|180px|[[Blanka Vlašić]] topped the IAAF, ''Track & Field News'' and European Athletics polls.]]

=== Men ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: left;"
|-
!Award
!Winner
|-
| [[IAAF World Athlete of the Year]]
| {{Flagathlete|[[David Rudisha]]|KEN}}
|-
| [[Track & Field Athlete of the Year]]
| {{Flagathlete|[[David Rudisha]]|KEN}}
|-
| [[European Athlete of the Year]]
| {{Flagathlete|[[Christophe Lemaitre]]|FRA}}
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| [[European Athlete of the Year#Rising Star winners|European Athletics Rising Star]]
| {{Flagathlete|[[Teddy Tamgho]]|FRA}}
|}

=== Women ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: left;"
|-
!Award
!Winner
|-
| [[IAAF World Athlete of the Year]]
| {{Flagathlete|[[Blanka Vlašić]]|CRO}}
|-
| [[Track & Field Athlete of the Year]]
| {{Flagathlete|[[Blanka Vlašić]]|CRO}}
|-
| [[European Athlete of the Year]]
| {{Flagathlete|[[Blanka Vlašić]]|CRO}}
|-
| [[European Athlete of the Year#Rising Star winners|European Athletics Rising Star]]
| {{Flagathlete|[[Sandra Perković]]|CRO}}
|}

==Doping==
[[File:LaShawn Merritt.jpg|thumb|American sprinter [[LaShawn Merritt]] was banned from competition for 21 months.]]
The highest profile doping case in 2010 was that of 400&nbsp;m Olympic and World Champion [[LaShawn Merritt]]. He failed three out-of-competition tests in October and December 2009, and January 2010, testing positive for [[Dehydroepiandrosterone]] (DHEA) on each occasion. He claimed that he had inadvertently ingested the substance via an over the counter sex enhancement drug he was using at the time ([[ExtenZe]]).<ref>Shipley, Amy (2010-04-23). [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/22/AR2010042204520.html Olympic 400-meter champ LaShawn Merritt tests positive for steroid]. ''[[The Washington Post]]''. Retrieved on 2011-01-04.</ref> Initially set for a two-year ban,<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/athletics/8638727.stm US 400m star LaShawn Merritt fails drug test]. [[BBC Sport]] (2010-04-22). Retrieved on 2011-01-04.</ref> he received a reduced 21-month suspension from October 2010 to July 2012 as a result of his co-operation with anti-doping authorities. However, the seriousness of the doping substance meant he was automatically banned from defending his title at the [[2012 London Olympics]].<ref>Cazeneuve, Brian (2010-10-20). [https://archive.today/20120729214645/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/writers/brian_cazeneuve/10/20/olympic.notebook/index.html LaShawn Merritt banned from competition for 21 months]. ''[[Sports Illustrated]]''. Retrieved on 2011-01-04.</ref>

A major investigation by the [[Civil Guard (Spain)|Guardia Civil]] into doping in Spain, known as [[Operación Galgo]], began in April 2010 and made headline news in December following a number of arrests.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/athletics/9276020.stm World champion Marta Dominguez suspended in drugs probe]. [[BBC Sport]] (2010-12-10). Retrieved on 2010-12-11.</ref><ref>[http://www.athletics-weekly.com/article.php?id=1678 Bezabeh and Fernández pull out of Euro Cross as Spanish doping probe continues] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101214002033/http://www.athletics-weekly.com/article.php?id=1678 |date=2010-12-14 }}. ''[[Athletics Weekly]]'' (2010-12-10). Retrieved on 2010-12-11.</ref> [[Marta Domínguez]], world steeplechase champion and vice president of the Spanish Athletics Federation, was implicated in the [[blood doping]] ring.<ref>[http://www.athletics-weekly.com/article.php?id=1677 Dominguez detained in doping investigation] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101215034103/http://www.athletics-weekly.com/article.php?id=1677 |date=2010-12-15 }}. ''[[Athletics Weekly]]'' (2010-12-09). Retrieved on 2011-01-04.</ref> [[Manuel Pascua Piqueras]], coach to a number of prominent runners, admitted to doping his athletes, while [[Alemayehu Bezabeh]] (the 2009 European Cross Country Champion) admitted to using banned substances.<ref>[http://www.elpais.com/articulo/deportes/Guardia/Civil/interroga/Nuria/Fernandez/Reyes/Estevez/elpepudep/20101210elpepudep_6/Tes La Guardia Civil interroga a Nuria Fernández y Reyes Estévez]. ''[[El País]]'' (2010-12-10). Retrieved on 2010-12-11.</ref>

[[File:Fraser and Stewart Berlin 2009-2.jpg|thumb|left|[[Shelly-Ann Fraser]] received a six-month suspension for using a banned painkiller.]]
Olympic champion [[Shelly-Ann Fraser]] received a six-month ban after a positive test for pain relief narcotic [[oxycodone]] at the Shanghai [[Diamond League]] meeting. Her coach Stephen Francis, who had the painkiller on prescription for his kidney stones, gave the banned substance to his athlete to relieve her toothache.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2010/oct/06/shelly-ann-fraser-drugs-ban  Shelly-Anne Fraser handed six-month ban for failing drug test]. ''[[The Guardian]]'' (2010-10-06). Retrieved on 2011-01-04.</ref><ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/athletics/8802921.stm Olympic champion Shelly-Ann Fraser fails drugs test ]. [[BBC Sport]] (2010-07-09). Retrieved on 2011-01-04.</ref>

Another sprinter [[Laverne Jones-Ferrette]] ran the fastest [[60 metres]] in a decade in February, but was absent from outdoor competition in 2010. This was later explained by the revelation that she had failed a drug test for [[clomiphene]] on February 16. The substance can be used as a complement to steroid cycles, but can also act as a fertility drug and Jones-Ferrette (who announced her pregnancy in November) claimed this was the intended usage. She was banned from competition for six months, lasting from April to September, and lost her silver medal from the World Indoor Championships.<ref>[http://www.athletics-weekly.com/article.php?id=1693 Laverne Jones-Ferrette stripped of world indoor medal after positive test] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101220030146/http://www.athletics-weekly.com/article.php?id=1693 |date=December 20, 2010 }}. ''[[Athletics Weekly]]''. Retrieved on 2011-01-04.</ref> [[Bobby-Gaye Wilkins]] won a relay medal for Jamaica at the same championships, but she was also stripped of her medal after testing positive for [[andarine]] – a [[selective androgen receptor modulator]] (SARM).<ref>Lowe, Andrew (2010-09-09). [http://www.jamaica-star.com/thestar/20100909/sports/sports1.html Wilkins banned for two years] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100914064808/http://jamaica-star.com/thestar/20100909/sports/sports1.html |date=2010-09-14 }}. ''[[Jamaica Star]]''. Retrieved on 2011-01-04.</ref>

A series of athletes were disqualified from the [[Athletics at the 2010 Commonwealth Games|2010 Commonwealth Games]] in [[New Delhi]] as a result of in-competition testing. Nigerians [[Samuel Okon]] and [[Oludamola Osayomi]] (the 100&nbsp;m gold medallist) were banned for using the stimulant [[methylhexanamine]]. A third Nigerian, [[Folashade Abugan]] who won silver medals in the 400&nbsp;m individual and relay races, failed a drug test for traces of [[testosterone (medication)|testosterone]] [[prohormone]] and was stripped of her honours<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/commonwealth_games/delhi_2010/9095226.stm Commonwealth Games 2010: Third Nigerian tests positive]. [[BBC Sport]] (2010-10-15). Retrieved on 2011-01-04.</ref> Indian racewalker [[Rani Yadav]] was also banned after testing positive for [[19-Norandrosterone]].<ref>Bull, Andy (2010-10-13). [https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2010/oct/13/commonwealth-games-positive-drugs-test Commonwealth Games 2010: Indian athlete tests positive for drugs]. ''The Guardian''. Retrieved on 2010-10-15.</ref>

Retired American sprinters [[Ramon Clay]] and [[Crystal Cox]] received retrospective bans from the [[United States Anti-Doping Agency]] due to their steroid usage relating to the [[BALCO scandal]] period from 2001 to 2004. Cox was stripped of her Olympic relay gold medal as a result.<ref>[http://www.upi.com/Sports_News/2010/01/29/US-track-star-Crystal-Cox-suspended/UPI-56091264806960/  U.S. track star Crystal Cox suspended]. [[United Press International]] (2010-01-29). Retrieved on 2011-01-04.</ref><ref>[https://www.espn.com/olympics/trackandfield/news/story?id=5714942  Ramon Clay suspended for steroids use]. [[ESPN]] (2010-10-22). Retrieved on 2011-01-04.</ref> Former Jamaican runner [[Raymond Stewart (athlete)|Raymond Stewart]] was given a life ban from coaching for trafficking and administering banned substances as part of an ongoing investigation. Olympic Bahraini sprinter [[Roqaya Al-Gassra]] was banned for two years.<ref name=IAAFJuly2010>[http://www.iaaf.org/mm/Document/News/GeneralNews/05/74/65/20100720095635_httppostedfile_NEWS115_21257.pdf IAAF Newsletter - Edition 115] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121026024703/http://www.iaaf.org/mm/Document/News/GeneralNews/05/74/65/20100720095635_httppostedfile_NEWS115_21257.pdf |date=2012-10-26 }}. [[IAAF]] (2010-07-20). Retrieved on 2010-08-08.</ref> Other prominent athletes to receive suspensions included South American triple jump champion [[Johana Triviño]] (two years for [[stanozolol]]), Asian indoor champion [[Munira Saleh]] (life ban for second violation with stanozolol),<ref>[http://www.iaaf.org/mm/Document/Antidoping/SanctionedAthletes/05/61/97/20101201104704_httppostedfile_Athletescurrentlysuspendedasat1.12.10_23015.pdf Athletes Currently Suspended]. IAAF (2010-12-01). Retrieved on 2011-01-04.</ref> and [[Athletics at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games|2010 CAC Games]] medallist [[Zudikey Rodríguez]] (methylhexanamine).<ref>[http://www.informador.com.mx/deportes/2010/224895/6/zudikey-rodriguez-reconoce-que-tomo-suplemento.htm Zudikey Rodríguez reconoce que tomó suplemento] {{in lang|es}}. ''Informador'' (2010-08-11). Retrieved on 2011-01-04.</ref>

==Deaths==
*February 6 — [[Kipkemboi Kimeli]] (43), Kenyan long-distance runner<ref>[http://www.abqjournal.com/sports/live/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4387 Kenyan Olympic Medalist Dies]. ''[[Albuquerque Journal]]'' (2010-02-09). Retrieved on 2011-01-04.</ref>
*February 17 — [[Luigi Ulivelli]] (74), Italian long jumper and Mediterranean champion<ref>[[Gustavo Pallicca]](2010-02-21)[http://www.atleticanet.it/storia/23589-ci-ha-lasciati-luigi-ulivelli.html CI HA LASCIATI LUIGI ULIVELLI] {{in lang|it}}. Athleticanet. Retrieved on 2011-01-04.</ref>
*February 17 — [[David Lelei]] (38), Kenyan middle-distance runner and Africa Games medallist<ref>[http://www.iaaf.org/aboutiaaf/news/newsid=55604.html Kenyan middle distance runner David Lelei killed in car crash]. IAAF (2010-02-18). Retrieved on 2011-01-04.</ref>
*March 2 — [[Paul Drayton (athlete)|Paul Drayton]] (70), American sprinter and 1960 Olympic medallist<ref>[http://www.cleveland.com/sports/index.ssf/2010/03/former_cleveland_olympian_paul.html Cleveland Olympian Paul Drayton dies at age 70 from cancer] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100304155717/http://www.cleveland.com/sports/index.ssf/2010/03/former_cleveland_olympian_paul.html |date=2010-03-04 }}. Cleveland (2010-03-02). Retrieved on 2011-01-04.</ref>
*March 17 — [[Wayne Collett]] (60), American sprinter and 1972 Olympic medallist<ref>[https://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/2010-03-17-103125719_x.htm Former Olympic 400 runner-up Wayne Collett dies]. ''[[USA Today]]'' (2010-03-17). Retrieved on 2011-01-04</ref>
*August 10 — [[Antonio Pettigrew]] (42), American 400&nbsp;m runner and 1991 World Champion<ref>Rawling, John (2010-08-11). [https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2010/aug/11/antonio-pettigrew-obituary Antonio Pettigrew obituary]. ''The Guardian''. Retrieved on 2011-01-04.</ref>
*August 18 — [[Hal Connolly]] (79), American hammer thrower and 1956 Olympic champion<ref>[http://www.iaaf.org/aboutiaaf/news/newsid=58030.html Harold Connolly, 1956 Olympic champion, passes away]. [[IAAF]] (2010-08-19). Retrieved on 2011-01-04.</ref>
*August 26 — [[Frank Baumgartl]] (55), East German Olympic steeplechase medallist<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200417172532/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ba/frank-baumgartl-1.html Frank Baumgartl]. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2011-01-04.</ref>
*August 29 — [[Dejene Berhanu]] (29), Ethiopian marathon runner<ref>Monti, Dave (2011-09-02). [http://www.universalsports.com/news/article/newsid=491346.html Death of Ethiopian runner Berhanu a suicide]. [[Universal Sports]]. Retrieved on 2011-01-04.</ref>
*October 8 — [[Jim Fuchs]] (82), American world record holder in the shot put<ref>[http://www.iaaf.org/aboutiaaf/news/newsid=58553.html Shot Put ace Fuchs dies at 82]. [[IAAF]] (2010-10-18). Retrieved on 2011-01-04.</ref>
*November 14 — [[Wes Santee]] (78), American middle-distance runner and former world record holder<ref>Litsky, Frank (2010-11-14). [https://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/15/sports/15santee.html Record-Setting Track Star Wes Santee Dies at 78]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved on 2011-01-04.</ref>

==See also==
* [[Eufemiano Fuentes]]

==References==
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==Further reading==
Annual season reviews from [[IAAF]] by A. Lennart Julin and Mirko Jalava:
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*[http://www.iaaf.org/news/kind=100/newsid=58979.html Sprints]
*[http://www.iaaf.org/news/kind=100/newsid=58978.html Middle-distances]
*[http://www.iaaf.org/news/kind=100/newsid=58976.html Long-distance (track)]
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*[http://www.iaaf.org/news/kind=100/newsid=58973.html Road running and race walking]
*[http://www.iaaf.org/news/kind=100/newsid=58971.html Hurdles]
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*[http://www.iaaf.org/news/kind=100/newsid=58969.html Jumps]
*[http://www.iaaf.org/news/kind=100/newsid=58966.html Throws]
*[http://www.iaaf.org/news/kind=100/newsid=58938.html Combined events]
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