Powell tested positive for a banned substance last year
File photo of Former world 100 metres record holder Asafa Powell.
Kingston: Former world 100 metres record holder Asafa Powell was banned for 18 months by a Jamaican Anti-doping Disciplinary panel on Thursday after he tested positive for a banned substance last year.
The Jamaican sprinter, 31, tested positive for the stimulant oxilophrine at last year's national championships and the ban has been backdated to June 21 2013 - the day he provided the sample. His ban will end on December 20.
Powell and training partner Sherone Simpson tested positive for oxilofrine after the 100m final at the Jamaican national championships on June 21.
A three-member Jamaica Anti-Doping Disciplinary Panel unanimously ruled that Powell, who blamed the positive result on a nutritional supplement, was negligent, panel chairman Lennox Gayle said in announcing the verdict.
( Source : reuters )
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