Powell, Simpson not under investigation

Sport

PAUL A REID Observer WriterTuesday, July 16, 2013 | 4:03 PM

MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica — Media reports that former world record holder Asafa Powell and his MVP teammate Sherone Simpson were under investigations by Italian police for breaches of the country’s anti-doping laws were today strongly denied by handlers of the athletes.When contacted by the Jamaica Observer, Tara Playfair-Scott Powell’s publicist appeared surprised by the news.“Under investigations for what,” she responded.Playfair-Scott told the Observer that she spoke to the sprinter (Powell) earlier today and he had no contact with the Italian police since Sunday.In response to a failed drug tests by Powell and Simpson, both of who are his clients, Paul Doyle had contacted the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and initiated a raid on the room of Chris Xuereb the trainer he had hired to work with Powell.Xuereb was on Sunday detained briefly by police but was subsequently released and according to Doyle has since left the Italian town.Both Powell and Simpson failed drug tests at the JAAA National Senior Championships after their samples returned traces of the banned ‘oxilofrine’ (methylsynephrine) following the respective 100m finals on June 21 at the National Stadium.The athlete’s representatives also shot down reports yesterday that police had raided the rooms occupied by the athletes at the Lignano, Italy base MVP has used for years.

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