Olympic medallist, Manyonga given four-year doping ban

Olympic long jump silver medallist Luvo Manyonga has been banned for four years after failing to meet whereabouts criteria three times in 12 months.

The South African missed a doping test in November 2019, and made two filing failures in April and October 2020.

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He was banned for 18 months in 2012 for testing positive for crystal meth.

Manyonga, who was world champion in 2017, won silver at the Rio Olympics, but will now miss both the Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024 Games.