adminKINGSTON. — Jamaica’s 2008 Olympic women’s 100 metres silver medallist Sherone Simpson received an 18-month suspension for doping from the Jamaica Anti-Doping Disciplinary Panel on Tuesday.
The 29-year-old, who won 4x100m relay gold in the 2004 Olympics and silver in the same event at the 2012 Games, tested positive for a stimulant, oxilofrine, at the Jamaica National Championships in June 2013.
Simpson, who was also a member of the Jamaican 4x100m relay teams that took silver in the 2005 and 2011 world championships, said the substance was found in a new supplement given to her by Canadian physical trainer Chris Xuereb.
The decision doesn’t bode well for her team-mate and men’s former 100m world record holder Asafa Powell, who tested positive for the same stimulant as Simpson. — AFP.
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