Jamaican Athlete Tests Positive days before Beijing Olympics
Posted by dejagibJul 29
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Jamaica Olympic committee chairman Mike Fennell today disclosed that a Jamaican athlete has tested positive for a banned substance. Neither the athlete nor the substance was named but Mr. Fennel went as far saying it was not one of the popular athletes.
Notwithstanding, i am extremely disappointed with this result as I don’t want others to think that we are this good because we are cheats. Anyway, it is better the athlete is caught now, rather than to embarrass the country in the Olympics.
Olympic Stadium Under Construction
photo credit: Theo W L Jones
A CVM television news report aired tonight pointed to the men’s 100 meters due to the fact that on the Olympice committee’s website, only one name has been ommitted from the original team and it was an alternate runner; not one of the top 4. The top 4 was Usain Bolt, Asafa Powell, Michael Frater and Marvin Anderson. CVM reported that only Julian Dunkley’s name was missing but also stressed that it could be an error on the part of the committee.
Let’s hope that no more bad news hits us before or during the Olympics.
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[...] http://www.dejagib.com/blog/2008/07/29/jamaican-athlete-tests-positive-days-before-beijing-olympics Jamaican athlete tests positive for a banned substance. [...]
I am shocked to know that an athlete whether or not is tesred positive for a banned substance.what i am trying to say that jamaican athletes should be more careful and people don’t need dtugs in their body to enhance their performance because i think that is cheating of other athletes who train and dedicate themselves to the sport. taking drugs to enhance performance is not right and i think that the topic should be brought up and the necessary punishments to the wrongful doers of the act.
I agree with you. I hate drug cheats. These drugs usually have side effects so the bastards will suffer in the long run!