Doping - Jamaican under-20 world champ Williams tests positive

KINGSTON: Jamaica's world under-20 double sprint gold medallist Briana Williams has tested positive for a banned diuretic, her lawyer has told Reuters, potentially ruling her out of the world athletics championships in Doha.

Williams has denied any wrongdoing and her Canada-based lawyer Emir Crowne said the banned substance hydrochlorothiazide appeared to have been in an over-the-counter cold remedy she had purchased.She had also declared the medication on her doping control form, he said. "I can confirm that we have an independent test on an over-the-counter cold medication that the athlete took confirmed the presence of a diuretic," Crowne said."It is genuinely a case where I would suggest no fault at all for a situation that was beyond her control, and beyond anyone's control really."Alexander Williams, who chairs the Jamaica Anti-doping Commission, declined to comment.HCTZ is banned because it can to mask the use of anabolic steroids.

The 17-year-old Williams clocked a yet-to-be-ratified national junior record of 10.94 seconds to place third in the 100m final at the national senior trials in June but could now miss selection for the world championships in Doha.Under the World Anti-doping Agency and IAAF rules, Williams is facing the possibility of a maximum ban of four years if found guilty.

Warren Blake, president of the Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association, told Reuters he hoped it would not come to that."The explanation and the test that has been done seem that they might, in my opinion, exonerate the athlete."

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