Angel Myers, disqualified from the U.S. Olympic...

Angel Myers, disqualified from the U.S. Olympic swim team after testing positive for use of a steroid, will appeal her case Thursday to an arbitrator in a hearing at Denver, U.S. Swimming officials said.

Ray Essick, executive director of U.S. Swimming, the sport’s national governing body, said the hearing will give Myers a final chance to regain her Olympic berth. U.S. officials must submit a list of Seoul Games swimmers by Thursday.

“Our position in a situation like this is to encourage athletes to exhaust every possible appeal,� Essick said. “The real issue at hand is the reliability of the USOC drug testing. We’ve taken the USOC’s advice in not submitting her name for Olympic consideration.�