Mitchell blames positive test on too much sex and beer

London: American sprinter Dennis Mitchell claims his positive drug test was the result of having sex and drinking beer the night before the doping control, according to a newspaper report.

The Daily Telegraph reported that Mitchell told the USA Track and Field (USATF) doping panel that he had sex four times and drank five bottles of beer the night before his out-of-competition drug test in April.

After the test showed high levels of testosterone, indicating a possible doping offence, the 1992 Olympic 100-metre bronze medallist was immediately banned for two years by the world governing body, the IAAF. But Mitchell was cleared on appeal in December after putting his defence to the USATF doping panel.