Gay tested positive at US nationals

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Saturday, July 27, 2013

SPRINTER Tyson Gay failed more than one drug test this year, recording one of his positives at the US championships in June, where he won the 100 and 200 metres, The Associated Press learned yesterday.Earlier this month, Gay revealed he had tested positive in an out-of-competition test he took May 16.Three people familiar with the case told the AP that Gay had multiple positives this year. One of those people said one positive came at nationals and the US Anti-Doping Agency has notified him of that result.The people did not want their names used because the doping case against Gay is ongoing and the details have not been made public.Gay’s representatives did not immediately respond to attempts by the AP to reach them.

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Our schoolboys and girls must be tested — Dr Wright

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Sunday, July 21, 2013

WELL-KNOWN sports medical doctor Dr Paul Wright is strongly advocating that schoolboys and girls, especially those participating in the annual Boys’ and Girls’ Championships, be subjected to obligatory drug testing.Dr Wright was responding to an editorial in the Jamaica Observer last week which opined that the authorities might now be forced to do drug testing of schoolboys and girls following the recent positive analytical findings involving two of the country’s top athletes, Asafa Powell and Sherone Simpson, as well and three of Jamaica’s promising junior athletes including Travis Smikle.“I have been advocating this position that our schoolboys and girls must be tested. They must be taught, in the early part of their careers, what drug testing is all about, what are the protocols and the way to proceed when confronted by these critical and testing issues,” Dr Wright said.The sports medicine specialist said, however, his pleas for drug testing of school-attending athletes have fallen on deaf ears thus far.“Despite trumpeting this move with others for a long time, over 15 years, the persons in authority have paid scant attention. I remember being told by an official from the schools’ governing body for sports, that they have enough problems, with birth certificates and such the like, to even think about drug testing at Champs or any of their endorsed meets, including at Manning and daCosta Cup matches,” Dr Wright said.Dr Wright says the school authorities have to act now in order to preserve the integrity of the country’s junior athletic programme, which has over the years produced so many world champions and earned for itself worldwide recognition. He also made mention of one of the major difficulties which might occur when testing schoolboys and schoolgirls.“Parental consent is required for drug testing to be done on minors, and most of the athletes running at Champs are minors, that is, under the age of 17. Parents or guardians have to nominate the persons they want as observers when the samples, either blood or urine, are being given. I am sure, however, that a protocol can be worked out by simply adding a section on the entry forms for parents or guardians to sign and to indicate who they want to be observers. If this is not done, the athlete should not be permitted to compete,” Dr Wright said.

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Randall says "B" sample to be tested July 30

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BY PAUL A REID Observer writer Sunday, July 21, 2013

MONTEGO BAY, St James — The five Jamaicans who failed drug tests at the Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association’s (JAAA’s) National Senior Championships in June, could know the result of the ‘B’ sample in just over a week’s time.At least one of the five, national women’s discus throw champion Allison Randall, confirmed that her sample would be tested on Tuesday, July 30 at the IAAF-certified lab in Montreal, Canada.So far four of the five have made public statements, all denying knowingly taking anything illegal.Sprinters Asafa Powell and Sherone Simpson returned positive tests for a stimulant oxilofrine (methylsynephrine), while Randall, national male discus throw champion Traves Smikle and a junior athlete all returned a positive for hydrochlorothiazide, which is a diuretic that can be used as a masking agent.The news of Powell’s adverse analytical finding, which came hours after American former triple world gold medallist Tyson Gay made an admission that he, too, failed an out-of-competition test in May, sent shock waves around the sporting world.Since then Chinese sporting goods company Li Ning has suspended Powell’s sponsorship, days after Adidas did the same for Gay.Chris Xeureb, a Canadian trainer, who was hired by Powell’s agent Paul Doyle, was temporarily detained by Italian police last Sunday after the news broke, but was released and has since denied having anything to do with Powell’s and Simpson’s failed drug tests.Doyle told several media houses on Monday, including the Jamaica Observer, that a new supplement that the trainer gave to the athletes could have led to the positive results.Xeureb was with Powell and Simpson at a hotel in Lignano, Italy, that the athletes’ club, MVP used as a base while in Europe.

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Burrell dismisses claims Reggae Boy tested positive

LOCAL football boss Captain Horace Burrell dismissed claims by a local media outlet that a senior national player has tested positive for a banned substance.

Speaking to reporters at the unveiling exercise for new Reggae Boyz coach, German Winfried Schafer at the JFF’s New Kingston office on Wednesday, said there was “absolutely no truth to the ugly rumour”, which surfaced at a time when the nation is struggling to come to grips with swirling news that two of its top athletes — Asafa Powell and Sherone Simpson — were among a total of five who have reportedly failed drug tests.“I have no report of that (of a Reggae Boy) failing any drug test… there’s absolutely no truth to the claims that a player has been tested positive for a substance that is on the list of banned items,” Burrell said.The president of the JFF stated that the matter he has been made aware of, from a medical perspective, is that FIFA doctors had expressed concerns with the method an “approved medication” was administered to players on recent overseas assignments in the ongoing CONCACAF World Cup qualifying campaign.“I think the method of administering of medication by our doctor is what is in question here… some players were treated intravenously, and apparently that is not allowed.“Maybe the player was to be given a tablet rather than [being] given the same medication through the vein, so it was just a matter of method,” explained Burrell.He said that FIFA doctors, who he claims are present at international official competition matches, may not have been satisfied with the manner in which some players were treated.“As you know, there are FIFA doctors at these games who would send in their reports, so maybe realising that our doctor may have given a player, or players, fluid through the veins, thought maybe that was not right,” Burrell noted.He said that chairman of the JFF Medical Committee and a member of CONCACAF’s Medical Committee, Dr Guyan Arscott, is looking into the matter with a view of clarifying and putting the matter to rest.“In another few days, Dr Arscott should be ready with his report, as he is now meeting with all the relevant people, and I am sure he will issue a statement in due course to clear all of this up,” Burrell said.At the same time, the football boss urged the media to be very careful how they report on sensitive matters, saying it must be uncompromising in its pursuit of truth and responsible journalism.“I must say I am incensed, because our media practitioners need to be more responsible… one can’t just feel irie and send out any report you like,” Burrell said, taking a swipe at a popular local radio station that reported the story that a local-based Reggae Boy was tested positive for a banned substance.Like other athletes, footballers too are targets for random testing by anti-doping officials.

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PHOTO: Ja"s Paralympians drug tested

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Friday, July 19, 2013

Jamaican Paralympians (from left) Tanto Campbell, Alphanso Cunningham, Sylvia Grant, and Shane Hudson discuss being blood tested after International Paralympic Committee (IPC) doping officials conducted random drug tests at the team’s hotel in Lyon, France, yesterday. The seven-member team will compete at the Paralympic World Championships between July 20 and 29. (PHOTO: LIONEL ROOKWOOD)

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