KINGSTON, Jamaica — The doping case against Jamaican quarter-miler Dominique Blake was today adjourned until next Tuesday.

Blake is facing her second ban after she tested positive for the stimulant methylhexaneamine at the Jamaican Olympic Trials last year.

Blake’s lawyer, Patrick Foster, said he indicated to the Jamaica Anti-Doping panel that the athlete is not denying the presence of the substance, for which she was also received a nine-month ban in 2006, but that the “mitigating circumstances” under which she took it must be considered when handing down a sanction.

“We explained that it (methylhexaneamine) was not a drug of performance enhancement but an ingredient of geranium extract in the product (she took).”

Foster said Blake checked the ingredients of the product against the list of banned substances on the World Anti-Doping Agency’s (WADA) list and saw no banned ingredients on it.

“When she looked at the label of the product she didn’t see banned substances. She looked and saw geranium extract. That is the circumstance under which she took it.”

“Our position is we want the panel to look at the mitigating factors and look at the appropriate sanctions.”

Foster said this evidence would be presented to the JADCO panel when the case resumes next Tuesday.  

Blake, who finished sixth in the 400m at the national trials, represented the country at the IAAF World Indoor Championships in March last year.