American shot putter CJ Hunter, husband of track star Marion Jones, tested positive for a banned steroid four times during this year, the International Olympic Committee revealed on Tuesday.

IOC medical commission chief Alexandre de Merode said Hunter had tested positive for nandrolone three times in addition to a positive test at an Oslo meeting.

‘The tests were over a period in June and July.

‘There were three out of competition tests in addition to the Oslo test and they were nearly all the same level and nearly the same result,’ de Merode told reporters.

Source: SOCOG