Career
Cheval later finished fifth in relay at the 2000 Summer Olympics, this time with teammates Krantz, Guims and David Patros. He also reached the semifinals of the World Indoor Championships in 1997 and 1999. In 2001 Cheval was found guilty of nandrolone doping.
The sample was delivered at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton, Canada.
He received an IAAF suspension from January 2002 to January 2004.