all 5 Jamaicans cleared?

[TrainerPhil]

Will this ever end? This has just been reported:

http://www.world-track.org/?p=3748

"More drama in Jamaican athletics – Five not cleared – Report

It is being reported that another appeal has been made against the five Jamaicans who on Monday were cleared of doping charges"

Unreal. I wonder who filed this latest appeal? Will the IAAF actually step in and solve this mess?

[Tammy_Baby]

Ha haha and the circus continues
***Insert Britney Spears here*** :lol: :lol: :lol:

[DCSIGMA]

Ha haha and the circus continues
***Insert Britney Spears here*** :lol: :lol: :lol:

NOOO not Briney Spears

[Tammy_Baby]

hahaaaaa :lol: :lol: :lol: ....Well she does have a circus song :P

[TrainerPhil]

http://www.trackalerts.com/?p=2376

It appears that JADCO is appealing the decision. Huh? What? Even the Jamaican's in charge don't want this to go away....

[Taliban]

WTF is the substance banned or NOT? This is getting more and more confusing.

[JROCK]

WTF is the substance banned or NOT? This is getting more and more confusing.

This is wat i getting from this:

They are saying that the named substance is not ban base on wada list,but it is similar to a next substance that is ban on wada list. So on that ground all 5 should not be clear base on the substance not being on the list.

:? :? :? :?

[DCSIGMA]

You know Sarah Palin is beginning to make more sense now after reading all this stuff...

[TrainerPhil]

WTF is the substance banned or NOT? This is getting more and more confusing.

This is wat i getting from this:

They are saying that the named substance is not ban base on wada list,but it is similar to a next substance that is ban on wada list. So on that ground all 5 should not be clear base on the substance not being on the list.

:? :? :? :?

Essentially yes. The substance they tested positive for is not specifically listed on the banned substance list. But it is a part of a group of drugs that are banned.......everytime I read that or type it I'm amazed at how stupid the wording of it is. But that is precisely why/how the atheletes were cleared. Because nobody could figure out if the drugs are specficially banned. But, more appeals to come and who knows, we could see them being held accountable in the end. Or cleared again....

[Sportsfanx1]

WTF is the substance banned or NOT? This is getting more and more confusing.

This is wat i getting from this:

They are saying that the named substance is not ban base on wada list,but it is similar to a next substance that is ban on wada list. So on that ground all 5 should not be clear base on the substance not being on the list.

:? :? :? :?

Right, I just finished watching a program on TvJ. These athletes should be left home. Nothing should've been done until the end of World Championships. The appeal process, will not likely take place until post World Championships.

Put, the fourth and fifth places finishers in the 400m, to run the individual 400m and put Germaine Gonzales in the relay mix.

Let, Simone Facey ran the the individual 100m plus relays etc. Ramone McKenzie run the 200m, or that guy Lerone as I heard he is listed to run. Ramone is the future and he should be given the experience.

No need to keep going around in circles. Leave the five at home!!!

[eldrick]

wada need to make a quick decision whether this drug is a "related" substance or not

if it's not, then clear these guys & let them go to berlin

it will be a travesty if this is not settled until after berlin & declared a non-banned drug, related or not, & 5 athletes didn't get to compete because of administrative uncertainty as to whether it is a banned drug or not

this is firmly in wada's ballcourt...

[poster]

Yeah, it's either banned or not.
I don't see how someone can return an AAF on a drug that is not banned.
Maybe that's why the problem won't go away because if it's not a banned substance, someone messed up by declaring it so prematurely.

Then it really begs the question that if the administrators cannot be sure after deliberation whether the substance is one prohibited, could the athletes have been sure before taking supplements containing it?
Does it speak against the clarity of the rules in this particular case?
Because if this were any anabolic steroid they would be out for a while, no doubt.

So I definitely agree that a ruling needs to be made establishing that it was evident, by the rules, that the substance was banned.
Otherwise, I don't see how the athletes can be sanctioned.

[Taliban]

If its not on the list then they should be able to run. A lot of things that aren't on the WADA can also be found in banned products. This whole ordeal was idiotic.

[scratchman]

The thing is, whatever they took, they know it was helping them.
And I'm quite sure they knew it wasnt on the banned list.
5 people with the same thing in their systems? All track athletes? All from the same club?
.... :roll: C'mon now.

[Taliban]

The thing is, whatever they took, they know it was helping them.
And I'm quite sure they knew it wasnt on the banned list.
5 people with the same thing in their systems? All track athletes? All from the same club?
.... :roll: C'mon now.

I thought the point of taking supplements was to help you?