Court of Arbitration for Sport Reduces Doping Ban for Jamaican Sprinters
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has reduced the 18-month doping ban that was imposed upon Jamaican sprinters Asafa Powell and Sherone Simpson to six months.
Last spring, Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission (JADCO) handed down its original suspension for testing positive for the stimulant Oxilofrine during the national championships in June 2013. The suspension was viewed by Powell and Simpson as overly harsh for “a first-time positive test result.”
While overturning that de
