IAAF to rule on athletes’ fate today

The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) is expected to rule on the doping cases involving five Jamaican athletes today, just 24 hours before the opening of the world championships in Berlin, Germany.



The IAAF received the documents yesterday after the Jamaica Anti-Doping disciplinary committee cleared the last four athletes on Monday.



Kent Gammon, chairman of Jamaica Anti-Doping disciplinary committee said his members cleared the athletes after they found out that the substance was not on the banned list of the World Anti-Doping Agency.



Gammon said the athletes returned Adverse Analytical Findings for the substance Methyl Hexanamine.



However the Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission has appealed the ruling of the disciplinary committee.



The IAAF could provisionally suspend the five if it rules that the doping infractions were serious enough.



The athletes have been identified as Yohan Blake, Sheri-Ann Brooks, Allodin Fothergill, Lansford Spence and Marvin Anderson.