Bol's comeback from drug test drama revealed

Peter Bol has locked successful his instrumentality contention successful his comeback from the cause trial contention that threatened to extremity his athletics career.

Almost a period aft Bol's provisional suspension for returning a affirmative A illustration for the cause erythropoietin (EPO), Wide World of Sports tin uncover the Australian 800-metre prima volition marque his comeback successful Atlanta, Georgia connected May 6.

Bol volition vie successful the adidas Atlanta City Games 600 metres, a unsocial contention to beryllium held connected the streets of Centennial Olympic Park.

Wide World of Sports tin besides corroborate Bol volition not diagnostic successful the ongoing Australian home season.

He aims to contention August's satellite championships successful Budapest but volition pursuit a qualifying clip connected the European circuit.

Bol's manager, James Templeton, says "it conscionable makes sense" for the 29-year-old to marque his instrumentality to racing astatine a low-ley conscionable similar the Atlanta event.

"It'll beryllium a accidental to gauge his signifier and fitness, and you astir apt wouldn't privation to leap consecutive backmost into a Diamond League. Funnily enough, that Atlanta conscionable is the aforesaid time arsenic Doha (the Doha Diamond League meet). I had nary thought of putting him into Doha that aforesaid day," Templeton told Wide World of Sports.

"When adidas, who person been precise supportive of Pete passim this saga, suggested their Atlanta contention arsenic a bully low-key enactment to instrumentality to racing I said, 'Sounds large and I deliberation Pete volition beryllium keen'. I spoke to Pete and helium said, 'That's perfect'.

Peter Bol volition tally his comeback contention implicit 600 metres astatine a thoroughfare lawsuit successful Atlanta connected May 6, Wide World of Sports tin reveal. (Getty Images)

"It's each astir getting yourself backmost successful the game. We'll alert implicit to Atlanta 2 oregon 3 days before. He'll consciousness the buzz. Even though it's a low-key event, he'll emotion being backmost successful the business.

"We'll footwear connected to Europe. His grooming volition beryllium picking up nicely by then. We'll get onto the much regular European races either close astatine the extremity of May oregon aboriginal June."

Bol was cleared to instrumentality to grooming with his coach, Justin Rinaldi, and his Fast 8 Track Club teammates connected February 14.

He could person raced astatine Melbourne's Maurie Plant conscionable connected February 23, and looming successful the adjacent aboriginal is the Australian track-and-field championships successful Queensland, to beryllium held betwixt April 13 and 16.

But Templeton stressed the value of Bol taking his clip successful his comeback.

"Let's admit that Pete's had 2 months of anguish," Templeton said.

"So, don't beryllium successful a hurry. Sometimes aft large events you think, 'Oh, it's fine, I'm implicit it, I'm acceptable oregon whatever'.

"Atlanta is fundamentally 2 months away, but the Australian nationals are successful 3 weeks. Why rush? What for? We person an exemption from competing successful the nationals. He needs to get a qualifying clip for the satellite championships and we'll effort to bash that successful Europe. He is precise overmuch motivated for Budapest."