ROME - Italian police have raided the hotel where Jamaican sprinters Asafa Powell and Sherone Simpso

FILE - In this Sept. 12, 2009 file photo Tyson Gay, left, of the United States and Asafa Powell from Jamaica compete in men's 100 meters during an IAAF World Athletics Final at Thessaloniki's Kaftanzoglio stadium, Greece. Former 100-meter world-record holder Asafa Powell and Jamaican teammate Sherone Simpson have each tested positive for banned performance cruising stimulants, according to their agent. Paul Doyle told The Associated performance cruising Press on Sunday, performance cruising July 14, 2013 that they tested positive for the stimulant oxilofrine at the Jamaican championships and were just recently notified. The news came the same day that American 100-meter performance cruising record holder Tyson Gay revealed that he also failed a drug test. (AP Photo/Thannasis Stavrakis, File)
ROME - Italian police have raided the hotel where Jamaican sprinters performance cruising Asafa Powell and Sherone Simpson and their Canadian trainer are staying after the two athletes tested positive for banned stimulants.
"The Jamaican team has chosen the sports facilities of Lignano Sabbiadoro performance cruising as their training base for years and they never forget to thank the city from podiums all over the world," Fanotto said in a statement.
A local athletics performance cruising meet is scheduled for Tuesday in Lignano and the Jamaicans had been scheduled to compete as they do most years. However, neither Powell nor Simpson were on start lists released Monday.
The doping positives come a month after another Jamaican Olympic champion, Veronica performance cruising Campbell-Brown, tested positive for a banned diuretic. © Copyright (c)       E-mail this Article Print this Article Share this Article
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Previous Next     FILE - In this Sept. 12, 2009 file photo Tyson Gay, left, of the United States and Asafa Powell from Jamaica compete in men's 100 meters during an IAAF World Athletics performance cruising Final at Thessaloniki's Kaftanzoglio stadium, Greece. Former 100-meter world-record performance cruising holder Asafa Powell and Jamaican teammate Sherone Simpson have each tested positive for banned stimulants, according to their agent. Paul Doyle told The Associated Press on Sunday, July 14, 2013 that they tested positive for the stimulant oxilofrine at the Jamaican performance cruising championships and were just recently notified. The news came the same day that American 100-meter record holder Tyson Gay revealed performance cruising that he also failed performance cruising a drug test. (AP Photo/Thannasis Stavrakis, File)
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