Submission made to the IAAF to withdraw athletes

[Yuttie]

IAAF: Jamaica asks to withdraw runners from worlds

By RAF CASERT (AP) – 56 minutes ago

BERLIN — IAAF secretary general Pierre Weiss says Jamaica has asked to withdraw Asafa Powell, a former 100-meter world-record holder, and several teammates from the entry list for the world championships.

Weiss says the request was made Wednesday but didn't disclose a reason.

The Jamaican athletics federation has been in a dispute with several athletes over a training camp for the worlds.

Team manager Ian Forbes has previously identified the others as 100 Olympic champion Shelly-Ann Fraser, 400 hurdles Olympic gold medalist Melaine Walker, hurdler Brigitte Foster-Hylton and sprinter Shericka Williams.

The request could be rescinded because the final entry list has to be with organizers 48 hours before the opening event. The worlds start Saturday.

Copyright © 2009 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

[Jangle]

JAAA is cutting off its nose to spite its face.

[Yuttie]

huh, didn't you post the below?
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I cannot believe that we are going to go through this sh!t again. When will Jamaicans start putting Jamaica first? Last year when this happened, I thought that Franno had a slim argument to his defense, but this time around, I cannot entertain none. Everybody knew about the camp months in advance and all grouses should have been aired from then. This latest incident is a vindictive and selfish act. The USA is currently in camp and their relay teams are working out their kinks. It is an absolute travesty to see that Jamaica have been able to assemble one of its greatest ever team in its history and individuals are seeking to destroy our country's chances of international glory because of their stupid egos. I say that if this incident is not resolved quickly, we as fans and as Jamaicans should ostracise the guilty parties regardless of any medals won. Jamaica MUST come FIRST!!!!!

[Sickko]

SIGH.....not sure JAAA needed to go that far but based on what went down yesterday when the MVP party got to Berlin, I cant say I am surprised at all.

Seem to me the wrong people are being punished but then as I always say as adults we are asked to make decisions every day and take responsibility for our actions.

No worries just me thinking out aloud..nothing official or authoritative at all...just very dissappointed in how things just got messed up..the handling of the failed drugs test and now this...on the eve of what should have been a glorious celebration of Jamaica's track and field, following up on Beijing.

Makes you wonder what the mood is in the Jamaican camp and how this will affect the other MVP athletes in camp as well as the other team mates.

[Jangle]

yup, but since then I have heard the other side which have me wavering. My conclusion is that there ARE elements within the JAAA who have a personal vendetta against Franno and his club to the detriment of our country.

Plus, as a fan, I want to see our best athletes performing in our colours.

[Jangle]

As the controlling body of Jamaica's athletics, I think the head of that organisation needs to be impartial and be the one to act as the mediator between his members and Franno. No one is thinking about Jamaica and her image. She is being dragged through the mud and this whole sordid affair is being played out in the international media.

[Yuttie]

My sentiments exact, I feel Franno's comment to the media flamed this, DAMN, he needs anger management, maybe Safa therapist can help him....aww bwoy; we know cooler heads will prevail, just two men arguing about who has the bigger d1..ck

articles like the below from theSHAMELESS british press doen't helpdoesn't help, this man should be banned from reporting

Jamaica in drugs backflip

By Mike Hurst
From: The Daily Telegraph
August 12, 2009 12:00AM



Didn't attend training camp...Jamaican sprinter Asafa Powell. Source: The Daily Telegraph



JAMAICA has stunningly dismissed doping charges against five of its athletes and then banned at least five of its "clean" Olympic medallists - including Asafa Powell - for failing to join a training camp on the eve of the world athletics championships, starting in Berlin this weekend.

The five on doping charges had their A and B urine samples test positive for an obscure substance, methylhexaneamine, which the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority classifies as a "specified stimulant".
Methylhexaneamine was patented in 2005 by Illinois chemist and bodybuilder Patrick Arnold, who is best known for creating the designer steroids at the heart of the BALCO scandal which landed Sydney Olympic sprint queen Marion Jones in prison.
Under the World Anti-Doping Agency Code (article 10.2), the offence for this drug is a two-year ban, a penalty which may be reduced if there was no intent to gain a performance advantage.
The Jamaica anti-doping commission has launched an appeal against the Jamaica Amateur Athletics Association's dismissal.
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The International Association of Athletics Federations was already angry that Commonwealth 100m titleholder Sheri-Ann Brooks walked after JADCO had opened her B-sample without she or her representative being present. The IAAF is expected to intervene in all five cases.
On another front, the JAAA effectively declared war on its former flag-bearer Asafa Powell, a four-time 100m world record setter, and his training group, MVP, coached by Steven Francis.
The MVP squad, who won nine medals at last year's Olympics, refused to attend a six-day camp which began last Thursday in Nuremburg, Germany.
Others caught up in the ban include the Beijing Olympic women's 100m winner Shelly-Ann Fraser, 400m silver medallist Sherika Williams, 400m hurdles gold medallist Melaine Walker and four-time 100m world record setter Powell.
In her Facebook page Williams last night wrote: "Oh well, the JAAA say we can't run at world championships because we did not attend the training camp."
JAAA vice-president Dr Warren Blake said: "It was not a secret that if they don't turn up at camp they would be automatically disqualified."
JAAA president Howard Aris implied the reason the camp was mandatory was because the IAAF wanted to conduct blood and urine tests there.
But every elite athlete in the world already has a "whereabouts" contract, with the IAAF permitting them to be tested any day, anywhere.
None of the five Jamaicans who tested positive for Methylhexaneamine are from the MVP group, however two are training partners of Olympic superstar Usain "Lightning" Bolt.

[Sickko]

True Yuttie we shoulkd ban ALL media! All they do is tell lies. Cant trust those hacks to even write a grocery list.

[Jangle]

Sickko me see seh yuh love stoke the fire.

[Yuttie]

LOL, yo mek mi sound like a Sarah Palin supporter , but in all seriousness the man somehow connect an over the counter supplement to BALCO and then somehow connects this all back to MVP.

[Jangle]

The only misinformation he stated in that report was this:

"The five on doping charges had their A and B urine samples test positive for an obscure substance, methylhexaneamine, which the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority classifies as a "specified stimulant".

[Gamma]

ian?!!!

[Gamma]

yuh fickle eh? that must have been ************************ blow to the head...

[Willi]

Wow,

A post from you I can actually agree with.

Keep it up.

The request for withdrawal was apparently submitted before MVP showed up in berlin though.

[Yuttie]

Jangle, the man linked the JADCO 5 to BALCO, and then connected the dots to MVP,did that part miss you?