Christian Craig is cleared to race

Christian Craig flew to Switzerland late last week as he had an appointment at the Court of Arbitration for Sport to fight the suspension that he was handed in July.

A trace amount of Heptaminol was found when he was tested at Daytona last year, which then led to a two-year suspension from the testing date (March 10 2018). That meant he would not be able to race until the same day next year. However, he won his appeal and could now be on the line at round one of 2020 Monster Energy Supercross. Craig announced the news on his social media.

“LET’S GO RACING! I could not be happier to announce I was able to accomplish what I had hoped at the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Switzerland. My suspension will now be lifted on December 31, which is a win I can’t even describe. Pretty speechless and incredibly grateful for the people around me, the industry and my fans for keeping my spirits up this year. It truly has been the roughest year on me and I’m just so happy it’s finally over. I knew if I threw in the towel like they hoped I would, I could not feel at peace knowing what could have been. This was the final chance and it was so worth it. Thank you all so much, this feeling is surreal.”