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Baptiste, Armstrong missed 2 mandatory tests
Last chance to be tested
Jamie Payne not targeted
BY NAZ YACOOB
TWO of this country’s top sprinters Kelly-Ann Baptiste and Aaron Armstrong are being closely monitored by the World Anti-Doping Agency and could face sanctions from the world governing body for the sport, the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF).
The duo has failed to inform the agency about their whereabouts pertaining to out ofseason competition testing.
It’s understood that Baptiste and Armstrong have missed two mandatory testing which were requested by the agency.
If Baptiste and Armstrong misses the final compulsory dope test when called upon, they could be sidelined from the sport through bans imposed by the IAAF.
At a news conference held yesterday, the National Amateur Athletic Association (NAAA) of T&T president, Ephraim Serrette denied that Carifta Games silver medalist Jamie Payne was targeted and cleared the air on Payne’s participation at the Games which were held from April 7 to 9 in the Turks and Caicos Islands.
Ian Hypolite, second vice president of the Association, said Payne’s sample was analysed on April 5, but only sent to the IAAF on April 10, which is why he was allowed to compete at the April 7-9 Games.
Payne has been suspended for two years after having tested positive for stanozolol and elevated testosterone, which are banned from use in sport competitions under the auspices of the International Amateur Athletics Federation. (IAAF)
The IAAF advised Payne to submit in writing why he had taken stanozolol to which he responded that he had been given B12 injections by his coach Merill Simon.
At the conference which was held at the Hasely Crawford Stadium, Serrette said that T&T does not conduct drug testing but simply facilitates the process.
T&T is a signatory to the UNESCO convention on doping which says that every single country should have an anti-doping organisation.
The process of testing is “a very transparent one,” said Ian Hypolite, second vice president of the NAAA.
He noted that each athlete is asked to select a sample bottle into which he must urinate in sight of a chaperone who usually comes from T&T’s Defence Force, at which point the athlete seals the sample bottle and places it in a sealed bag.
The sample of urine is kept in a fridge locked by a doping control officer formally trained by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) under 24-hour surveillance so there can be no chance of it being tampered with. It will then be sent to the laboratory for analysis.
Last chance to be tested
Jamie Payne not targeted
BY NAZ YACOOB
TWO of this country’s top sprinters Kelly-Ann Baptiste and Aaron Armstrong are being closely monitored by the World Anti-Doping Agency and could face sanctions from the world governing body for the sport, the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF).
The duo has failed to inform the agency about their whereabouts pertaining to out ofseason competition testing.
It’s understood that Baptiste and Armstrong have missed two mandatory testing which were requested by the agency.
If Baptiste and Armstrong misses the final compulsory dope test when called upon, they could be sidelined from the sport through bans imposed by the IAAF.
At a news conference held yesterday, the National Amateur Athletic Association (NAAA) of T&T president, Ephraim Serrette denied that Carifta Games silver medalist Jamie Payne was targeted and cleared the air on Payne’s participation at the Games which were held from April 7 to 9 in the Turks and Caicos Islands.
Ian Hypolite, second vice president of the Association, said Payne’s sample was analysed on April 5, but only sent to the IAAF on April 10, which is why he was allowed to compete at the April 7-9 Games.
Payne has been suspended for two years after having tested positive for stanozolol and elevated testosterone, which are banned from use in sport competitions under the auspices of the International Amateur Athletics Federation. (IAAF)
The IAAF advised Payne to submit in writing why he had taken stanozolol to which he responded that he had been given B12 injections by his coach Merill Simon.
At the conference which was held at the Hasely Crawford Stadium, Serrette said that T&T does not conduct drug testing but simply facilitates the process.
T&T is a signatory to the UNESCO convention on doping which says that every single country should have an anti-doping organisation.
The process of testing is “a very transparent one,” said Ian Hypolite, second vice president of the NAAA.
He noted that each athlete is asked to select a sample bottle into which he must urinate in sight of a chaperone who usually comes from T&T’s Defence Force, at which point the athlete seals the sample bottle and places it in a sealed bag.
The sample of urine is kept in a fridge locked by a doping control officer formally trained by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) under 24-hour surveillance so there can be no chance of it being tampered with. It will then be sent to the laboratory for analysis.