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Jamaican Sprinter Sherone Simpson Given 18-Month Drug Ban

Jamaican Sprinter Sherone Simpson Given 18-Month Drug Ban

Sherone Simpson, Jamaican Olympic sprinter has been suspended for 18 months after testing positive for oxilofrine at the Jamaican trials last year. She has maintained her innocence citing the positive test was caused by a supplement provided by her Canadian trainer Chris Xuereb. The Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission voted unanimously that she was “negligent in all the…

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