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Jakans test positive for methylhexanine
Jamaican athletes tested positive for methylhexanine
The five members of Jamaica's world championship squad who returned positive doping tests had traces of the stimulant methylxanthine in their urine samples, a Jamaican anti-doping official has said.
By Telegraph staff and agencies
Published: 9:34PM BST 27 Jul 2009
Three of the five, 400 metres runners Allodin Fothergill and Lansford Spence and Commonwealth Games women's 100 metres champion Sheri-Ann Brooks, confirmed they had been informed of the positive tests, the Jamaica Gleaner reported on Sunday.
None of the five were medal winners in Beijing.
All five tested positive for methylxanthine, the Jamaican anti-doping official said. While not listed on the World Anti- Doping Agency (WADA) prohibited list, methylxanthine falls within a category of stimulants banned by the agency, anti-doping experts said.
A hearing on their cases is scheduled for Wednesday by the Jamaica Amateur Athletics Association (JAAA) if 'B sample' results are known in time, the official said.
"This stimulant is found in a lot of nasal inhalers that people use," he added.
"If they can give a satisfactory explanation of how this was found in their system they could receive a public warning but if it is felt it was used to gain an unfair advantage then they could get a two-year ban," said the official, who requested his name not be used.
If the process is not completed and the athletes not clearned by Thursday, the five could not be part of Jamaica's team at the world championships, which start in Berlin on August 15, the official said.
The Gleaner quoted Fothergill, Spence's coach and Brooks manager as confirming they had been informed of the positive tests.
"We are now trying to arrange a flight for her to return for the hearing," Brooks' manager, Chris Mychasiw, told the Gleaner.
The five members of Jamaica's world championship squad who returned positive doping tests had traces of the stimulant methylxanthine in their urine samples, a Jamaican anti-doping official has said.
By Telegraph staff and agencies
Published: 9:34PM BST 27 Jul 2009
Three of the five, 400 metres runners Allodin Fothergill and Lansford Spence and Commonwealth Games women's 100 metres champion Sheri-Ann Brooks, confirmed they had been informed of the positive tests, the Jamaica Gleaner reported on Sunday.
None of the five were medal winners in Beijing.
All five tested positive for methylxanthine, the Jamaican anti-doping official said. While not listed on the World Anti- Doping Agency (WADA) prohibited list, methylxanthine falls within a category of stimulants banned by the agency, anti-doping experts said.
A hearing on their cases is scheduled for Wednesday by the Jamaica Amateur Athletics Association (JAAA) if 'B sample' results are known in time, the official said.
"This stimulant is found in a lot of nasal inhalers that people use," he added.
"If they can give a satisfactory explanation of how this was found in their system they could receive a public warning but if it is felt it was used to gain an unfair advantage then they could get a two-year ban," said the official, who requested his name not be used.
If the process is not completed and the athletes not clearned by Thursday, the five could not be part of Jamaica's team at the world championships, which start in Berlin on August 15, the official said.
The Gleaner quoted Fothergill, Spence's coach and Brooks manager as confirming they had been informed of the positive tests.
"We are now trying to arrange a flight for her to return for the hearing," Brooks' manager, Chris Mychasiw, told the Gleaner.