ATHLETICS:  World 100 metres champion Torri Edwards has tested positive for a banned stimulant that could make her ineligible for next month's Olympics.

The US sprinter tested positive for the stimulant nikethamide at a meeting in Martinique on April 24th, the IAAF confirmed yesterday. Her case will be heard on Monday before the US Anti-Doping Agency.

Edwards (27), made the US Olympic team by finishing second in the 100 metres at the US Olympic trials on Saturday. She is scheduled to compete in the 200 metres today and is considered one of the favourites.

Penalties for the use of a stimulant range from a public warning and loss of results to a two-year suspension.

A source said Edwards had inadvertently taken a form of glucose that unknowingly contained nikethamide.