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Report by RJR Group Senior Sports Reporter Kayon Raynor
By Kayon Raynor
Respected attorney and former Jamaican Prime Minister PJ Patterson has expressed confidence that sprint relay gold medallist Nesta Carter can beat his pending disciplinary hearing before an IOC panel for his positive test for the banned stimulant methylhexanamine.
Breaking his silence on the Carter positive test, Queen’s Counsel PJ Patterson says the nation must throw it support behind Carter as he seeks to clear his name.
Patterson, who helped another Jamaican sprinter, Veronica Campbell-Brown to overturn a two year drug ban for a diuretic in 2014 before the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS), says the evidence he's seen in the Carter matter presents the opportunity for 2013 World 100m bronze medallist to be exonerated.
“The substance was not on the 2008 prohibited list of banned substances and it was only specifically added in 2010. The IOC however, is maintaining that it was previously included as a similar chemical structure or similar biological effect. That assertion is highly disputed by scientists and will be stoutly resisted by expert evidence when the matter comes to trial,” said Patterson.
Patterson also sought the rubbish the suggestion that Jamaica will lose the sprint relay gold medal from the 2008 Beijing Olympics. No date has been announced for Carter's hearing.
Carter was among 32 athletes from the 2008 Olympics to turn up positive for banned substances in re-tests carried out by the IOC.
Neither Carter nor his handlers have acknowledged the positive test, nor have they named their legal team.
By Kayon Raynor
Respected attorney and former Jamaican Prime Minister PJ Patterson has expressed confidence that sprint relay gold medallist Nesta Carter can beat his pending disciplinary hearing before an IOC panel for his positive test for the banned stimulant methylhexanamine.
Breaking his silence on the Carter positive test, Queen’s Counsel PJ Patterson says the nation must throw it support behind Carter as he seeks to clear his name.
Patterson, who helped another Jamaican sprinter, Veronica Campbell-Brown to overturn a two year drug ban for a diuretic in 2014 before the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS), says the evidence he's seen in the Carter matter presents the opportunity for 2013 World 100m bronze medallist to be exonerated.
“The substance was not on the 2008 prohibited list of banned substances and it was only specifically added in 2010. The IOC however, is maintaining that it was previously included as a similar chemical structure or similar biological effect. That assertion is highly disputed by scientists and will be stoutly resisted by expert evidence when the matter comes to trial,” said Patterson.
Patterson also sought the rubbish the suggestion that Jamaica will lose the sprint relay gold medal from the 2008 Beijing Olympics. No date has been announced for Carter's hearing.
Carter was among 32 athletes from the 2008 Olympics to turn up positive for banned substances in re-tests carried out by the IOC.
Neither Carter nor his handlers have acknowledged the positive test, nor have they named their legal team.