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Sport
IAAF confirms six-month ban for Fraser
BY DANIA BOGLE Observer staff reporter
Thursday, October 07, 2010
WORLD and Olympic 100-metre champion Shelly Ann Fraser has been banned for six months by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) after testing positive for the prohibited substance Oxycodone at an athletics meeting in Shanghai, China on May 23.
Fraser, who has been provisionally suspended since June, will not return to competition until January 7, 2011.
The announcement of Fraser's suspension brings to an end the saga which began four months ago when news of her positive doping test for the substance, listed as a strong narcotic, broke.
Bruce James, the president of Fraser's club, MVP, said she took the substance given to her by coach Stephen Francis, for pain relief after undergoing a dental procedure in Jamaica prior to travelling to China. However, she failed to declare it, which IAAF rules stipulate.
A three-member Doping Review Board comprising retired head of the judiciary, former chief justice Lensley Wolfe, lawyer and former minister of national security and justice and ex-attorney general Winston Spaulding, and consultant psychiatrist Aggrey Irons, initially met and decided that exceptional special circumstances applied in Fraser's case and recommended to the sport's world governing body that in accordance with IAAF rule 38.19, the athlete receive less than the two-year sanction applicable in the case of a first offence.
Jamaica Amateur Athletic Association (JAAA) Doping Board member Dr Warren Blake told the Observer he had received no indication that either the athlete, the World Anti-doping Agency (WADA), or the IAAF had any intention of appealing the decision.
"We're satisfied considering that it could be more because the fact that the IAAF agreed that she could have had a reduced sanction did not indicate how far the reduction could have been... I think it's fair punishment," Blake added.
James told the Observer yesterday that Fraser, who has been back in training for several weeks now, does not plan to appeal the sanction.
 
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10/8/2010
This is just a blessing in disguise.I took note of your finishing before this debacle and it look superb, much better than berlin and is because of this why I know you are going to do extremely well come 2011 and 12. Big up shelly nuff love and nuff respect.
10/7/2010
Totally disagree with Dr. Warren Blake, this suspension for an honest mistake cannot be fair. Why is the local Doping Review Board rubber-stamping decisions clearly made by the IAAF and what if at some point in the future a similiar incident occurs, will Shelly Anne be banned for life?
10/7/2010
The bad thing is that this will not be parsed by all those who want to tear down Jamaican athletes. For example, this morning, it was being reported as a case of "dopage" (French for doping) by French reporters! People hear doping, they are not going to stop to make the assessments that those of us "close to home" are making.
10/7/2010
Go Shelley get ready to take on the world in 2011 and 2012. Met you at 2010 Champs and you were so marvellous. Looking forward to see you repeat Berlin
10/7/2010
its such a pity that she had to go through something like this when its not even a performance enhancing supplement. Well miss fraser I hope you can move on from this and use this as a life experience and dont replicate such a silly mistake again.
all the best on defending your crown next year you so deserve it babes
10/7/2010
The sad part of this is that it will forever be mentioned by commentators when she is on the line at the World Championships and Olympics. Those that follow track & field closely know that Oxycodone isn't a performance enhancer but the casual observer who tunes in just for the WC or Olympics will only hear the word "ban" and associate it with steroids etc.
10/7/2010
Chin up Shelly and remember Age Quod Agis..
10/7/2010
oh Shelly it will soon be over girl
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