THE Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA) is now confirming that they have been notified about the adverse finding returned by a Jamaican athlete at the Beijing Summer Olympics in 2008.However, while a statement released by the JOA did not name the athlete it further validates media reports that named sprinter Nesta Carter is the athlete who returned the positive test.
The statement was released less than 24 hours after the athlete was named in media reports in Jamaica.
According to the statement: “The Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA) has received from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) notification that a Jamaican athlete has returned an adverse analytical result from the re-testing programme of samples from the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.
The procedures outlined in the Anti-Doping Rules applicable to the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games and also the results management protocols require the JOA to “maintain confidentiality of the result of all Doping Control and the identities involved in the proceedings until it has been determined in a hearing.”
Accordingly the JOA will not be in a position to provide any further details on the matter until a hearing has determined the outcome of the issue and we have been officially advised.” (Sportsmax.com)