By Rohith Nair

(Reuters) -Erriyon Knighton’s agent labelled the American sprinter’s four-year ban for an Anti-Doping Rule Violation as a ‘travesty’ after the Court of Arbitration for Sport partially upheld appeals by World Athletics and the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).

Knighton, a 200 metres world silver medallist in 2023, was charged with an ADRV in May 2024 when a doping test revealed the presence of Epitrenbolone, an anabolic steroid on WADA’s prohibited list.

Although a tribunal had cleared him of wrongdoing after he blamed meat contamination in an oxtail dish, World Athletics and the global anti-doping body appealed to sport’s highest court which upheld their appeals.

The ban prevented the 21-year-old from competing at the World Athletics Championships which got underway in To

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