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I believe all athletes are clean till an adverse finding is discovered. Further I truly believe our athletes are clean, but you could see this coming from a mile off as they get more moeny, more sponsors and more hangers on. It is Marion Jones all over again living with a drug pusher, marrying into crime. -
Not fazed by verbal attack from MVP coach, says Asafa’s agentOriginally posted by Wahalla View Post
http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/sport...zz2ZD8UymNRNot fazed by verbal attack from MVP coach, says Asafa’s agent
Monday, July 15, 2013 | 6:40 PM
MONTEGO BAY, St James — Paul Doyle, agent for embattled Jamaican sprinters Asafa Powell and Sherone Simpson says he is not fazed by a verbal attack from head coach of MVP track club Stephen Francis.
“Nothing has changed, its business as usual,” Doyle told the Jamaica Observer today when asked about his relationship with Francis going forward.
In radio interviews throughout the day Francis launched a scathing attack on the American agent accusing him of foisting trainer Chris Xuereb on the athletes.
Francis’ remarks came after the two athletes returned positive test for a banned stimulant ‘oxilofrine’ (methylsynephrine) following their respective 100m finals on June 21 at the National Trials in Kingston.
Both Powell and Simpson are members of Francis’ MVP track club.
Meanwhile Doyle told the Observer that they hoped to get the ‘B samples’ tested by next week and had already started the process.
“We hope we can get the ‘B sample’ tested by next week so we can move on,” he said.
— Paul ReidComment
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my reasoning is that if evey 100M world leader going back to the early 80 was on something ..we know that there are athletes all over the world trying all kinds of thing to get that edge, what is so special about our athletes that they can dominate theres enhanced athletes with any enhancement of their own?Originally posted by Tuff Gong View PostWhen its hot in the jungle of peace I go swimming in the ocean of love.....Comment
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Actually it has been proven that Athletes are not actually running that much faster, but reaction time, endurance, strength and condition has improve. Which is where the PED in athletics is most valuable.Originally posted by RichD View Post
Asafa's case is great study. Look at his time at Trials and as Wahalla points out his dramatic improvement post trials.
With surgery he would have had to take a few years off, with drugs he can keep trying till he get the right combination of rapid healing and ability to recover and continue training.
As was noted with the particular drug he was one you have to have the ability to run fast to make it work, so it not helping to run faster to the push his body beyond his pain threshold.
If he is found guilty, I think he should get 4 years for this, His agent and his drug sealer should be sanctioned as well.Comment
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Conspiracy Theory time: Could it be that the Physio is being used as the fall-guy by Asafa and his Agent when it was they who was running the drug programme?
Powell, Simpson 'free' to leave Italy
Published: Tuesday | July 16, 2013
Marc Stamp, Gleaner Writer
Jamaican sprint stars Asafa Powell and Sherone Simpson are free to come home after a raid by police on the hotel where they have been staying with Powell's physiotherapist, Chris Xuereb in Lignano, north-eastern Italy.
"The athletes are free to fly as the raid at the hotel was set up by us (Doyle and the athletes)," Paul Doyle, Powell's agent, who is in Italy, told The Gleaner in an interview by phone yesterday.
"We informed WADA (the World Anti-Doping Agency) and they agreed and we set it (the search) up."
Both athletes tested positive for the stimulant exilofrine, one of a range of new nutritional supplements prescribed to Powell and Simpson by the Canadian physiotherapist, with whom he has been working for the past two months.
Powell and MVP teammate Simpson, who also claim to have been given the identical substance, contacted WADA and requested a police raid on the hotel.
After obtaining the necessary search warrant, Italian police arrived at the hotel Sunday evening and searched the rooms of Powell, Simpson and Xuereb, before removing all supplements and medicine.
Powell and Simpson were expecting the arrival of the police, but kept the physiotherapist in the dark.
Police said around 50 substances had been sent to a laboratory in Italy for testing.
Athletes responsible
Under WADA's 'strict liability' rules, athletes have a responsibility for what they put in their bodies.
Doyle explained that the physiotherapist had been working with Powell since May 8, when he came to Jamaica, because of the former world record holder's history of injuries.
"If you look at the situation, Asafa was tested over 150 times and with the new person (Xuereb) coming in, Asafa was tested positive. We contacted WADA and they jumped to it and the raid was set up," Doyle disclosed.
"He (Xuereb) was brought in for questioning," said Doyle. "I got a message from him afterwards, an angry message saying that he was detained for seven hours. He did say the word arrested, but I don't think he truly was arrested, but he was brought in and detained and questioned and held for about seven hours."
Doyle says he has no reason to suspect any "mal-intent" on the physio and that, like his athletes, he was probably unaware of what the supplements contained.
"We have been looking for a physio. We needed somebody full-time and this guy was recommended to us. We hired him on May 8," Doyle added.
"I'm devastated. I have always been outspoken against drugs and believe cheaters should be thrown in jail. Both athletes hate drugs and would not willingly take any form of drugs," Doyle said.
"We will be asking for the B sample to be tested."Comment
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you still skirting around my question. We know athletes from other countries are using stuff.. why would you think Jamaicans clean can dominate these enhanced athletes?Originally posted by Tuff Gong View PostWhen its hot in the jungle of peace I go swimming in the ocean of love.....Comment
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you know the failed test was taken at the jamaica trials ?Originally posted by Tuff Gong View PostWhen its hot in the jungle of peace I go swimming in the ocean of love.....Comment
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Yes but again the drug helps you if you can run faster. Maybe his physical and mental being was not up to scratch.Originally posted by RichD View PostComment
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Well I did not realize it was a specific question and I was skirting it.Originally posted by RichD View Post
Let I remedy that.
Years ago I said when the druggies leave the scene Jamaican I-Tal Athletes will rise to the top.
It has been proven to be true.
I have no proof that there is a great State sponsored drug programme as there was even a decade ago. So I can't say how many times a clean athlete goes up head to head with a drug enhanced competitor.
We can assume that since these designer drugs are out there and folks are getting caught, there are still sizable, well run drug programmes all over the world.
To answer the question we have history to draw from, even in the days of steroids the doped up athletes were not always the gold medalists. The fact is, with pressure and exposure drug regimens today is very expensive proposition. We can assume that most of the world's athletes could not even begin to contemplate such programmes. Therefore we can keep the focus where we need to, on the world's top performers.Comment
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If we take what asafa impliedd at face value, he was given enhancements by a coach. If the yanki individual arrested is the supplier, then he joined in may. What Asafa was given was to enhance training and recovery and would have taken month or so to be effective. Asafa improvement is in line with the prognosis.Originally posted by RichD View Post
But we need to look at Bolt and the minions improvement over the season as well. Note we need to recall that Blake was caught in the past. To me nothing should be left assumed and there are no scared cows. Not since VCB.Comment
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My Research Shows No Banned Substance In Suspicious Supplements - MVP Coach
Published: Tuesday July 16, 2013 | 8:47 am
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MVP Track Club coach, Stephen Francis - File Photo
Melton Williams, Gleaner Writer
Stephen Francis, the coach of embattled Jamaican sprintersAsafa Powell and Sherone Simpson, says his research on the supplements the athletes were taking does not indicate that they contain the banned stimulant oxilofrine.
Powell and Simpson tested positive for the stimulant oxilofrine at the Jamaican championships last month.
Speaking on Hitz92 FM, Francis, who is currently in Italy with the athletes, said he conducted an investigation on the products following revelation on Sunday that the athletes tested positive.
Beside Powell and Simpson, three other Jamaican athletes also tested positive for banned substances.
Powell, a former 100-metre world record holder, blamed his positive drug test for the stimulant oxilofrine on a range of new nutritional supplements prescribed to him by a physiotherapist he has only been working with for two months.
The news about the Jamaican athletes came minutes after Tyson Gay, holder of the American 100-metre record announced that he had tested positive for a banned substance.
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Asafa Powell, Sherone Simpson and trainer under criminal doping probe
Published: Tuesday July 16, 2013 | 2:07 pm
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ROME (AP) :
Former 100-meter world-record holder Asafa Powell, Jamaican teammate Sherone Simpson and their trainer were formally placed under criminal investigation for violating Italy's doping laws, police said today.
The move came a day after Italian police confiscated unidentified substances in a raid on the hotel where the three were staying in the northeastern town of Lignano Sabbiadoro, following the athletes' positive tests for banned stimulants.
Udine prosecutors believe the three violated Article 9 of the doping laws, which calls for punishment for anyone who administers or consumes banned substances.
Police were still analyzing the seized substances to determine whether they were legal.
Being formally placed under investigation is a step up in the Italian justice system from someone simply "informed of the facts," which is how a person can be questioned by police.
That occurred after the raid early Monday, when the three were brought to a local police station.
Powell, Simpson not under investigation
PAUL A REID Observer Writer
Tuesday, July 16, 2013 | 4:03 PM
MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica — Media reports that former world record holder Asafa Powell and his MVP teammate Sherone Simpson were under investigations by Italian police for breaches of the country’s anti-doping laws were today strongly denied by handlers of the athletes.
When contacted by the Jamaica Observer, Tara Playfair-Scott Powell’s publicist appeared surprised by the news.
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“Under investigations for what,” she responded.
Playfair-Scott told the Observer that she spoke to the sprinter (Powell) earlier today and he had no contact with the Italian police since Sunday.
In response to a failed drug tests by Powell and Simpson, both of who are his clients, Paul Doyle had contacted the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and initiated a raid on the room of Chris Xuereb the trainer he had hired to work with Powell.
Xuereb was on Sunday detained briefly by police but was subsequently released and according to Doyle has since left the Italian town.
Both Powell and Simpson failed drug tests at the JAAA National Senior Championships after their samples returned traces of the banned ‘oxilofrine’ (methylsynephrine) following the respective 100m finals on June 21 at the National Stadium.
The athlete’s representatives also shot down reports yesterday that police had raided the rooms occupied by the athletes at the Lignano, Italy base MVP has used for years.
]The trainer, Christopher Xuereb, had provided Powell with a combination of about 20 supplements and injections — none of them banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency — according to an email the agent, Paul Doyle, said he received Sunday from Xuereb. The New York Times obtained the email but it could not be independently authenticated as being sent by Xuereb.
Some of the supplements were commonplace, like vitamin C, vitamin D and the pain reliever Aleve. But the email stated that Xuereb had also injected Powell with exotic substances like Actovegin, a drug used by Lance Armstrong’s U.S. Postal Service cycling team that is made from calves’ blood extract and is said to enhance stamina.
Oxilofrint, the banned stimulant that Powell tested positive for, was not listed in Xuereb’s email. Xuereb wrote that he had provided a smaller combination of substances to Simpson.Doyle acknowledged that it has become a sports cliché for athletes to claim ignorance and blame their trainers when they fail drug tests. But he pointed out that Powell and Simpson “have had hundreds of clean tests throughout the years” and only now tested positive.
Xuereb was hired by the agency to care for 30-year-old Powell in May, whom Doyle said was recovering from injuries. Along with his hiring came a new supplement regimen, said Doyle.Dick Pound, former president of WADA and current board member, says Xuereb should have known what he was giving out.
“If you’re training somebody at the level of these guys who are setting world records and winning world championships and Olympic medals, you know they’re going to be tested ... it’s your professional responsibility to know what it is you are giving your athletes,” said Pound.
The athletes tested positive for oxilofrine, a stimulant banned in competition by WADA.
Xuereb’s girlfriend is Canadian sprinter Esther Akinsulie, who was suspended for six months after testing positive for hydrochlorothiazide, a banned diuretic, earlier this year.Xeureb’s LinkedIn profile lists him as being involved with the Toronto Argos in 2004, using the line, “Member of 2004 Argo Grey Cup Champions” under his list of accomplishments.
“We have no employment record for Chris Xuereb, and I can confirm he was never employed by the club,” said Argos spokesman Eric Holmes.Last edited by Tuff Gong; 07-16-2013, 11:08 PM.Comment
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physio
Wednesday, July 17, 2013
REPORTS emerging from Canada allege that Chris Xuereb, the 'physical trainer' who reportedly administered supplements to elite Jamaican sprinters Asafa Powell and Sherone Simpson, was not qualified to design physiotherapy plans and was not registered with the regulatory body in Canada which monitors physiotherapists.
A report on the website www.theglobeandmail.com alleged that Xuereb was an employee with a controversial sports medicine clinic operated by Dr Anthony Galea, who entered a guilty plea in 2011 to a charge of importing 'misbranded drugs', including human growth hormones, into the United States.
"In Ontario, Mr Xuereb isn't qualified to design a physiotherapy treatment plan. He is not registered with the College of Physiotherapists of Ontario, the self-regulating body that ensures people who hold themselves out as physiotherapists have passed the necessary competency test and have at least an undergraduate degree. The college does allow unqualified practitioners to hold themselves out as "assistant physiotherapists" as long as they are acting only in a support role," the article alleged.
Xeureb was given the boot from the clinic after he allegedly provided advice to patients, he was not qualified to give.
Brian Greenspan, an attorney for Galea, alleged in the report Xuereb had been falsely telling prospective employers he was a relative of Galea.
Brian Greenspan, an attorney for Galea, alleged in the report Xuereb had been falsely telling prospective employers he was a relative of Galea.
Paul Doyle, who acts as agent for Powell and Simpson who both came to prominence under the guidance of Stephen Francis of the MVP Track Club, said the athletes failed routine drug tests conducted during Jamaica's athletics trials for the upcoming World Championships in Moscow, Russia, after allegedly taking supplements given to them by Xuereb.
Francis was livid during a radio interview on Monday and blamed Doyle for foisting Xuereb on the athletes, despite being cautioned against doing so.
Francis also blamed Powell for allegedly flouting the rules of the club whose officials had insisted that everything the athletes ingest must be examined by Francis.Comment
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Asafa Powell and Sherone Simpson 'must take blame and stop looking for a scapegoat', insists trainer Chris Xuereb
The trainer at the centre of athletics' biggest drugs scandal for years has denied supplying Asafa Powell and Sherone Simpson with any banned substances, claiming the sprinters have to take "responsibility for their doping instead of looking around for a scapegoat".
By Ben Rumsby
9:14AM BST 17 Jul 2013
Christopher Xuereb finally broke his silence more than 48 hours after Powell and Simpson admitted testing positive for a prohibited stimulant and sought to lay the blame on the Canadian, who began working with them shortly before they provided adverse findings at last month's Jamaican National Championships.
All three are under investigation by Italian police over allegations they breached the country's anti-doping laws following a raid on their hotel in the north-eastern town of Lignano Sabbiadoro, a seizure of products said to have been sanctioned by both athletes without Xuereb's knowledge.
Responding to e-mail requests for comment overnight, Xuereb wrote: "It is time the athletes took responsibility for their doping instead of looking around for a scapegoat, whether that person is their therapist, bartender or anyone else.
"Athletes keep using the same story, which is to blame the scapegoat for their own wrongdoing.”
The 500-word e-mail statement further quoted Xuereb as saying he "did not provide any banned or illegal substances to Asafa Powell or Sherone Simpson”.
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Police were last night still analysing the substances confiscated during the raid but Xuereb’s statement claimed officers had already found them to be legal.
"I do not know what these athletes were taking in addition to what I suggested to them," it added.
"Although I suggested certain vitamins to these athletes, it is ultimately the athlete’s responsibility to accept or reject my suggestion.
"Unfortunately, it appears that these athletes were not solely following my suggestions or WADA’s [the World Anti-Doping Agency] guidelines.
"I am confident, and I have also spoken to researchers and the police, that I have done nothing wrong."
Udine prosecutors believe Powell, Simpson and Xuereb may have breached Article 9 of Italian doping laws while at a Jamaican training camp in the country.Comment
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Oh no, not Nesta!
Carter's agent dismisses reports athlete failed drug test
BY PAUL A REID Observer Writer
Wednesday, July 17, 2013
MONTEGO BAY, St James — Contrary to persistent rumors, multiple relay gold medallist Nesta Carter has not failed a drugs test and is preparing for upcoming meets, including the IAAF World Championships in Moscow, Russia next month, his agent Adrian Laidlaw told the Jamaica Observer yesterday.
Carter, who ran a season's best 9.87 seconds to win a 100m race in Madrid, Spain on Saturday, making him the fastest Jamaican man this year and second only to under fire American sprinter Tyson Gay, was linked in several international media houses with failed drugs tests starting on Sunday.
Fresh on the heels of announcements on Sunday that Gay had pulled out of the World Championships after admitting he had failed an out of competition drug test in May and that five Jamaicans, including Carter's MVP teammates Asafa Powell and Sherone Simpson, Carter's name was also linked.
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Several media houses and Internet sites had published his name, but Laidlaw told the Observer yesterday that "Nesta has not failed any drug test".
The Florida-based Laidlaw, who is also agent for Olympic champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, said: "Carter has been training well and competing well as we all saw from his run in Spain last weekend."
Carter, who finished a disappointing fourth in the men's 100m at the JAAA National Senior Trials in June in 10.14 seconds after running 9.97 seconds in the semi-finals, is scheduled to compete next weekend in the London Anniversary Games at the Olympic stadium in east London.
News broke on Sunday that Powell and Simpson had returned positive tests for the stimulant 'oxilofrine' (methylsynephrine), while Gay admitted to failing a drug test but the drug has not been identified.
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