The alleged doping scandal surrounding former 100-meter world record holder Asafa Powell and other top sprinters also affects. In Italy, a Powells’ coach was arrested, is said to have supplied the Jamaicans with substances.
The Conditioning coach of the former 100-meter world record holder Asafa Powell was arrested during a training camp in Italy. This was reported by the Jamaican newspaper “The Gleaner” on Monday. “He was arrested by the Italian authorities,” Powell confirmed via Twitter.
According to the newspaper report, Powell is the police have handed means that should have given the athletes and the Olympic silver medalist Sherone Simpson of the coach. The 30-year-old sprinter and Simpson have been tested positive for the Stimulanzium oxilofrine.
Powell and his MVP Track Club training group did not complete the first time a training camp in Lignano Sabbiadoro, on the Italian Adriatic coast. The name of the trainer was not initially called. Powell and Simpson denied in a statement to have knowingly doped.
Meanwhile, the Jamaican Anti-Doping Agency (Jadco) has confirmed that they have received the information about five positive tests. Previously, only the name of Powell and Simpson are known. Two more athletes to come from the launcher area, another set to go live as a junior at the start.
Powell of Jamaica in 2008 was graduated become Olympic champion in the 4 x 100 meters. He holds the world record before he was replaced in 2008 by compatriot Usain Bolt. Simpson won in 2004 with Jamaican women 4 x 100 meters and won Olympic gold last year in London Olympic relay silver.
Before Powell, the American sprint star Tyson Gay had already been tested in an A sample positive for doping. This was confirmed on Sunday of the 30-year-old triple world champion of 2007. Lance Brauman, a manager of Tyson Gay, said the allegations: “It must be clearly stated that we do not support the use of performance-enhancing drugs, neither encourage nor tolerate. Whether it is intentional or not happening. ”
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