Jul 24, 2009
Five Jamaican Athletes Test Positive For Banned Substances
Unconfirmed reports are that five Jamaican athletes – four men and one woman – tested positive for banned substances at last month’s national senior championships which were held in Kingston. The five, who are still to be named, reportedly includes two males and a female who are members of Jamaica’s sprint (4x100m) relay pools, having finished in the top six of the 100 metres race at the national senior championships.
Notably, according to unconfirmed sources, none of Jamaica’s premier sprinters are among the five, but all are(were) included in Jamaica’s 46-member team to next month’s 12th IAAF World Championships in Berlin. The five will reportedly be notified of the positive tests today, and it is expected that they will be removed from the team to the IAAF World Championships and that bans or other penalties will be imposed.