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Shelly Ann Fraser.
RJR Sports has confirmed that Shelly Ann Fraser, reigning Olympic and world 100 metre champion, has returned a positive test for non-performance enhancing drug, oxy-codone.
Fraser ingested oxy-codone for a toothache prior to competing at the Shanghai leg of the IAAF Diamond League meet in May.
Bruce James, President of the MVP Track Club, says he awaiting a hearing with the Jamaica Amateur Athletics Association having been notified of the positive test by the IAAF in June.
“(The IAAF) asked for a report which was sent to them. They have received the report and have accepted the report and therefore we’re now going through the procedure of having a hearing to determine whether there’s a sanction or whether she’s exonerated.
“Though this could have been handled as a private matter, we do not believe we need to hide this because she did not take a performance enhancement substance as confirmed by the IAAF,” James said.
He added that Fraser has withdrawn from all competitions until she is cleared.
She was down to compete at the 7th IAAF Diamond League meet in Lausanne, Switzerland on Thursday where she was set to renew her rivalry with American Carmelita Jeter.
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Comments(5)
Why did someone not test the medication she get for her toothache before she took it?
The Jamaican athletic federation must always ensure all our athletes are safe from the enemies (the USA and England), they only wanted a piece of new like this to pounced on especially when it involves our Jamaican athletes, please keep our athletes safe.
I am saddened to read this article, as one would have thought that her management would ensure that whatever medication she took would not have any steroids which that would adversely affect her testing results or any of our athletes. This is what our rivals want. Was her management sleeping, didn’t they hear of those who have been caught?
Isn't this an old story?
Why do we have these old stories still posted in the paper? Could we please have some updated stories to talk about.
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