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4 Jamaican athletes banned

17.09.2009 World

The four Jamaican athletes who had pleaded guilty to taking illegal substances were today banned for three months and also received a reprimand effective immediately, reports trackalerts.com.

They are Yohan Blake, Marvin Anderson, Allodin Fothergill and Lanceford Spence and were selected to represent the country at the Berlin World Championships but did not compete as the case was still pending.

All were initially cleared despite the positive tests because the substance was not on the WADA banned list or apparently of similar composition.

But JADCO appealed that ruling, saying the drug in question had a similar chemical structure to the banned tuaminoheptane. The Jamaica Anti-Doping Appeals Tribunal upheld tossing out the positive test for Brooks because her “B” sample was tested without her knowledge.

Dr. Patrece Charles-Freeman, executive director of the Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission (JADCO), accepted Monday’s ruling.

“I think the Appeal Tribunal understood the case and their decision was a fair one,” she said.

The decision will now be forward to the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) and the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) who can either accept or rule otherwise.

Blake, who won bronze in the 100m at the world junior championships in 2006, could be asked to give back all money earned after the Jamaican trials.

http://www.trackalerts.com/?p=3368


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