Scantling won the national championship in the flower in a new personal best of 8867 points, ranking him seventh on the all-time charts. However, he did not get into the American nomination for the WC without giving a reason, and the fourth decathlete of the domestic championship, Steven Bastien, was included in the team instead.
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USADA has now announced that, effective Thursday, Scantling has been suspended for failing to report his whereabouts three times in one year and missing doping tests. The athlete, who in the past tried to make it as an American football player to the NFL, is now facing an investigation.
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