Promising Jamaican

sprinter Briana Williams will have to wait patiently on the Independent

Anti-Doping Disciplinary Panel, as at the end of the anti-doping rule violation

case on Tuesday, chairman Kent Gammon made it clear that the panel will not be

rushed into making a decision.

Williams’

legal team, led by Dr Emir Crowne, wanted an early decision to facilitate the

athlete’s participation in the World Championships in Doha, Qatar, which is

scheduled to start on Friday.

However, they

will have to wait to hear the outcome.

“We have

taken into account that factor, but it’s not going to predicate how we decide.

It has been something that we are familiar with. We are aware of it because

this thing has international implication because the IAAF (International

Association of Athletics Federations) is also interested in the outcome,” Gammon

said.

“But it’s

not going to cause me and the panel members, Miss Denise Forrester and Dr

(Majorie) Vassell, to rush because of some other event external to Jamaica. But

we are moving to decide the matter fairly, and we will do so in a good period

of time.”

Gammon insisted that the panel will follow the rules and that the results will be fair.

“We have

been given laws to operate under, and we’ve had JADCO (Jamaica Anti-Doping

Commission) present their case, and we will make our findings accordingly,”

said Gammon.

Williams has

been pitted against JADCO after she tested positive for a banned substance at

the National Trials in June, when she earned her place on the team to the World

Championships and was provisionally included in the squad by the Jamaica

Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA).

According to

Crowne, the delay in the decision could result in Williams giving up her spot

in the interest of the team.

“I don’t

think any athlete would want to be in that spot where they are forced to

voluntarily withdraw. But that is where we are in the process, unfortunately,”

he said.