Posted by Yardie Luke on October 7, 2010 under Jamaica Sports | 
WORLD and Olympic 100-metre champion Shelly Ann Fraser has been banned for six months by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) after testing positive for the prohibited substance Oxycodone at an athletics meeting in Shanghai, China on May 23.
Fraser, who has been provisionally suspended since June, will not return to competition until January 7, 2011.
The announcement of Fraser’s suspension brings to an end the saga which began four months ago when news of her positive doping test for the substance, listed as a strong narcotic, broke.
Bruce James, the president of Fraser’s club, MVP, said she took the substance given to her by coach Stephen Francis, for pain relief after undergoing a dental procedure in Jamaica prior to travelling to China. However, she failed to declare it, which IAAF rules stipulate.
A three-member Doping Review Board comprising retired head of the judiciary, former chief justice Lensley Wolfe, lawyer and former minister of national security and justice and ex-attorney general Winston Spaulding, and consultant psychiatrist Aggrey Irons, initially met and decided that exceptional special circumstances applied in Fraser’s case and recommended to the sport’s world governing body that in accordance with IAAF rule 38.19, the athlete receive less than the two-year sanction applicable in the case of a first offence.
Jamaica Amateur Athletic Association (JAAA) Doping Board member Dr Warren Blake told the Observer he had received no indication that either the athlete, the World Anti-doping Agency (WADA), or the IAAF had any intention of appealing the decision.
“We’re satisfied considering that it could be more because the fact that the IAAF agreed that she could have had a reduced sanction did not indicate how far the reduction could have been… I think it’s fair punishment,” Blake added.
James told the Observer yesterday that Fraser, who has been back in training for several weeks now, does not plan to appeal the sanction. SOURCE: Jamaica Observer
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Posted by Yardie Luke on October 3, 2010 under Hurricane News |
For persons wishing to make donations to affected communities the ODPEM is asking that the focus be placed on the critical needs by donating bottled water and Non-perishable Food items at this time.
Donations can be made at the ODPEM Headquarters, 2-4 Haining Road, Kingston 5, from Monday to Sunday between the hours of 8:30 am to 4:30 pm
For further information on the ODPEM’s National Emergency Operations Centre (NEOC) call 906 9674-5 or 754 9077-8.
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DESPITE several passing showers of rain, a good-sized crowd of supporters were treated to entertaining cricket, music and frolic in the Chris Gayle 15/15 Pro Cricket Festival at the Port Rhoades Sports Club in Discovery Bay, St Ann yesterday.
Usain Bolt’s XI beat Gayle’s XI on a faster run-rate in the feature match of the day after light rain made underfoot conditions extremely slippery.
Batting first, Bolt’s XI racked up 93-3 off eight overs, thanks to Xavier Marshall’s 25 not out, Kieron Pollard’s 25 and Dwayne Bravo’s 21, while Bolt swatted a six and a four in his 13 before top-edging a simple catch off the bowling of Wavell Hinds.
Chasing 94 for victory, Gayle saw off the bowling of Bolt before spanking 33 in his team’s 59-6 off seven overs.
Gayle’s demise was brought about by the sprint combination of Yohan Blake and Bolt, when the tall left-hander mistimed a backfoot drive off Blake to Bolt at mid-off.
In the opening game, St Ann defeated St Elizabeth on a faster run-rate. St Ann reached 58-3 off seven overs and two balls in their chase of 75 when the rains came.
Batting first St Elizabeth had made 74-4 off 10 overs. SOURCE: Jamaica Observer
