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Justice in Jamaican athletes case delayed
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By Delonge, TrackAlerts.com
KINGSTON, Jamaica – There was a premature end this morning (Aug 3) to the hearing into the case of five Jamaican athletes who returned positive tests for banned substances at their National Championships in June.
The session did not survive one hour because the athletes through their lawyers, expressed disapproval of some members of the panel assembled to hear the case, TrackAlerts.com was reliable informed.
When our team visited the location, Yohan Blake, Marvin Anderson, Sheri-Ann Brooks, Allodin Fothergill and Lansford Spence were seen leaving the building. A request was made for us to not to reveal the venue for security reasons.
“The athletes’ lawyers asked for a different panel to hear their case and thus it (hearing) ended early,” the source said.
When contacted, the chairman of Jamaica’s Anti-Doping Commission (JADCO) disciplinary panel, Kent Gammon only said: “The disciplinary proceedings for the five athletes started this morning…
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“We started hearing submissions (today) and we will continue to hear submissions on Wednesday…”
With today being the deadline date for final entries to the IAAF, it seems to be all over for the five, unless they are placed on the team as reserves.
The Jamaica Amateur Athletic Association (JAAA) has not yet announced their final list.
97 views
By Delonge, TrackAlerts.com
KINGSTON, Jamaica – There was a premature end this morning (Aug 3) to the hearing into the case of five Jamaican athletes who returned positive tests for banned substances at their National Championships in June.
The session did not survive one hour because the athletes through their lawyers, expressed disapproval of some members of the panel assembled to hear the case, TrackAlerts.com was reliable informed.
When our team visited the location, Yohan Blake, Marvin Anderson, Sheri-Ann Brooks, Allodin Fothergill and Lansford Spence were seen leaving the building. A request was made for us to not to reveal the venue for security reasons.
“The athletes’ lawyers asked for a different panel to hear their case and thus it (hearing) ended early,” the source said.
When contacted, the chairman of Jamaica’s Anti-Doping Commission (JADCO) disciplinary panel, Kent Gammon only said: “The disciplinary proceedings for the five athletes started this morning…
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“We started hearing submissions (today) and we will continue to hear submissions on Wednesday…”
With today being the deadline date for final entries to the IAAF, it seems to be all over for the five, unless they are placed on the team as reserves.
The Jamaica Amateur Athletic Association (JAAA) has not yet announced their final list.
Paul Marin -19 is one thing, 20 is a whole other matter. It gets even worse if they win the UCL. *groan*. 
05/18/2011.MU fans naah cough, but all a unuh a vomit?-Lazie 1/11/2015
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