Diane Modahl (born 17 June 1966) is a British former middle distancerunner. 1966 was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... Middle distance track events are track races longer than sprints up to (and arguably including) 5000 meters. ... Athletics, also known as track and field or track and field athletics, is a collection of sport events. ...
Originally from Manchester, England, she was the Women's 800 metres champion in the Commonwealth Games of 1990, but the following year her career was effectively ended when she was accused of taking the performance-enhancing drug, testosterone. Sent home in disgrace from a European event with a four-year ban, she missed the 1994 Commonwealth Games. Partly due to Modahl's known religious beliefs, her fellow athletes were reluctant to believe her guilty and she has always professed her innocence. This article is about the city in England. ... The Commonwealth Games is a multi-sport event held every four years involving the elite athletes of The Commonwealth. ... 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Testosterone is a steroid hormone from the androgen group. ... 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ...
In 1995 the ban was lifted after doubts were cast on the medical findings, but it took a further year for Modahl to clear her name. It was found that the urine sample that resulted in the positive test had been stored in unsuitable conditions by the organisers and the findings were therefore invalid. 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Urine is liquid waste excreted by the kidneys and eventually expelled from the body in a process known as urination. ...
In 2004, she appeared in the third series of the reality TV show, I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!. Im a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! is a reality television show in which minor celebrities live in jungle conditions with few creature comforts. ...
The athlete DianeModahl was unfairly treated and robbed of a chance of winning a gold medal when she was banned from athletics by the sports governing body for allegedly being involved in a drugs scandal, the court of appeal heard yesterday.
Modahl, 35, was also robbed of the best years of her sporting life, the three judges were told at the start of her appeal against a high court ruling last year that she was not entitled to £1m compensation for the way she was treated by the British Athletics Federation (BAF).
Modahl, who was the 1990Commonwealth Games 800m champion, is claiming £480,000 spent on legal fees and medical advice plus a similar figure in damages over the way her case was handled by the BAF.
Manchester Born and resident DianeModahl is the three times 800 metres Commonwealth Games medal winner and Gold Medallist of the 1990 championships in Aukland, New Zealand, where she broke the existing 800 metres world record.
Diane maintains that the turning point of her sporting career came early when she was just eleven years of age, in her first year at secondary school, when a talent-spotter from Sale Harriers Running Club saw her during a school physical education class and afterwards invited her to join the club.
Diane vehemently denied the charge and spent the following two years in a state of what she described as "a living hell", appealing against the charge - she was eventually totally vindicated and cleared of the charge by the British Athletic Federation and her professional status was reinstated.
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