Pure stupidity - Dr Wright

[Willi]

Xactly!

We have 2 razz clazz Ministers of Sports and we dont invest in any infrastructure to protect the athletes and Brand Jamaica?

This should be priority number 1! Bolt alone should have a 24/7 bodyguard!

[Mosiah]

Somebody please advise - in the world of track & field, do we really expect the athletes to be doing all of that?! That must be the work of trusted, qualified individuals who have gone through the most stringent of tests.

[Willi]

Not so fast!

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Mr. Dalton Myers..Head of Sports at UWI
Mon Jul 15, 2013 11:30

has just told me that he knows of now such facility!!!!


Not too surprised. Dr. Wright's statement
Mon Jul 15, 2013 11:34

about carry it there and give them a money, sounded real back door

There was a facility in the chemistry department,
Mon Jul 15, 2013 11:48

not sure if it was run by the chem department, that analyses urine samples from the horses at Caymanas. I am not there now so I cannot say if it is still there.

It's still done...but Mr Myers advises
Mon Jul 15, 2013 12:10

that any certification for such a lab for testing supplements has not been considered formally and things have never passed "the word of mouth stage".

Certainly the good doctor would not want the testing done in a lab not certified to do so.

Cerification guarantees a certain level of
Mon Jul 15, 2013 12:25

trust....suppose an error is madeand the an athlete tests positive.

First which would carry more weight in the defence...results from certified or uncertified.....and who would the athlete get recourse from if the lab is not certified?

Would more or less mitigation of circumstances be considered by the authorities if you came with tests from certified or uncertified

[Willi]

Exactly!

[Jangle]

Unsubstantiated statements like these are what reporters and other people with an agenda, troll the media for and run derogatory headlines to sell newspaper and justify their claim of us cheating. We eat our own.

[Jangle]

Is this a new facility? Didn't Glen Mills just came to the media asking for such a facility? Dr. Wright needs to send Glen Mills the direction to the lab.

[Comment]

huh? What lab is that?

In his imagination...

[Time]

Pure stupidity - Dr Wright

Published: Monday | July 15, 2013


Dr Paul Wright ... WADA code says you have a responsibility for whatever is in your body. - file

Ryon Jones, Staff Reporter
Local anti-doping and sports expert, Dr Paul Wright, has deemed it stupidity that another set of local athletes have returned adverse analytical findings, given that they have access to a state-of-the-art laboratory at the University of the West Indies (UWI).

The five athletes include veteran sprinters Asafa Powell and Sherone Simpson, who Wright believes should have known better.

"This is just a tragedy and when you understand that these are experienced athletes, they should know that you do not do these types of things," Wright said.

"The University of the West Indies has one of the most modern labs in the history of the Caribbean, and all they have to do is carry any substance up there and ask them to check it for them.

"So what they have to do is if they get a substance that everybody tells them is good, they carry it to UWI, give them a money, and ask them to check it. So it is pure stupidity how these people keep getting caught."

The drug that is reported to have turned up in Powell's and Simpson's 'A' sample is a stimulant called oxilofrine (methylsynephrine).

"It's mainly used by people with low blood pressure," Wright said. "It can be used to build up back their blood pressure or it can be used as a stimulant. It gets its popularity in sports, as to help people to run faster."

Wright further outlined that how the stimulant works is that it increases a person's heart rate, which facilitates more blood going to the extremities during running and therefore making them run better. Adding that if their technique is good, it will make them run faster.

"It (Oxilofrine) is very uncommon," Wright revealed. "What Oxilofrine is; it is a change in the molecular structure of ephedrine which is banned, but is also available in all cold and flu supplements.

"So what they do is change one of the molecules in the outer ring of ephedrine and produce this drug."

ryon.jones@gleanerjm.com

How to the hell does MVP find themselves in this position after racers made the same blunder?

[Sir X]

Agreed .They should be punished for being stupid and tarnishing brand Jamaica .

[Bricktop]

Simple...

[MdmeX]

Pure stupidity - Dr Wright

Published: Monday | July 15, 2013


Dr Paul Wright ... WADA code says you have a responsibility for whatever is in your body. - file

Ryon Jones, Staff Reporter
Local anti-doping and sports expert, Dr Paul Wright, has deemed it stupidity that another set of local athletes have returned adverse analytical findings, given that they have access to a state-of-the-art laboratory at the University of the West Indies (UWI).

The five athletes include veteran sprinters Asafa Powell and Sherone Simpson, who Wright believes should have known better.

"This is just a tragedy and when you understand that these are experienced athletes, they should know that you do not do these types of things," Wright said.

"The University of the West Indies has one of the most modern labs in the history of the Caribbean, and all they have to do is carry any substance up there and ask them to check it for them.

"So what they have to do is if they get a substance that everybody tells them is good, they carry it to UWI, give them a money, and ask them to check it. So it is pure stupidity how these people keep getting caught."

The drug that is reported to have turned up in Powell's and Simpson's 'A' sample is a stimulant called oxilofrine (methylsynephrine).

"It's mainly used by people with low blood pressure," Wright said. "It can be used to build up back their blood pressure or it can be used as a stimulant. It gets its popularity in sports, as to help people to run faster."

Wright further outlined that how the stimulant works is that it increases a person's heart rate, which facilitates more blood going to the extremities during running and therefore making them run better. Adding that if their technique is good, it will make them run faster.

"It (Oxilofrine) is very uncommon," Wright revealed. "What Oxilofrine is; it is a change in the molecular structure of ephedrine which is banned, but is also available in all cold and flu supplements.

"So what they do is change one of the molecules in the outer ring of ephedrine and produce this drug."

ryon.jones@gleanerjm.com