Two-year ban on female sprinters upheld
The two-year ban which was placed on national sprinters Sadaf Siddui and Javeria Hassan has been upheld.
LAHORE:
The two-year ban which was placed on national sprinters Sadaf Siddui and Javeria Hassan has been upheld by a three-member appellate committee after a hearing at the Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) Coaching Centre.
“We are not satisfied with Sadaf and Javeria’s arguments,” said Secretary Athletic Federation Muhammad Khalid Mehmood. “That is why we have decided to uphold their ban - which was imposed by the Anti Doping Organisation of Pakistan (ADOP) earlier.”
The ADOP constituted of a three-member committee headed by Director General PSB Hamza Gillani along with Mehmood and Lubna Sibtain, Member Pakistan Olympic Association (POA) Medical and Scientific Commission.
“Both of them are not ready to admit their offence and have instead maintained that they are innocent,” said Mehmood. “The duo have claimed that the substances were not taken deliberately to enhance their performance but instead were prescribed by their doctor for their illness. However, they have no concrete and convincing reasons.”
Sadaf, who represented Pakistan in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, and fast-rising Javeria, failed dope tests that were conducted during trials for the Commonwealth Games (CWG) last month. Both were due to take part in the 100 and 200-metre races in the CWG scheduled for October in India.
While Javeria had nandrolone and stenbolone at levels 12 times higher than normal, Sadaf tested positive for anabolic steroid metribolone, which is not considered a performance-enhancing drug, but is banned by most sport authorities.
Published in The Express Tribune, July 30th, 2010.
The two-year ban which was placed on national sprinters Sadaf Siddui and Javeria Hassan has been upheld by a three-member appellate committee after a hearing at the Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) Coaching Centre.
“We are not satisfied with Sadaf and Javeria’s arguments,” said Secretary Athletic Federation Muhammad Khalid Mehmood. “That is why we have decided to uphold their ban - which was imposed by the Anti Doping Organisation of Pakistan (ADOP) earlier.”
The ADOP constituted of a three-member committee headed by Director General PSB Hamza Gillani along with Mehmood and Lubna Sibtain, Member Pakistan Olympic Association (POA) Medical and Scientific Commission.
“Both of them are not ready to admit their offence and have instead maintained that they are innocent,” said Mehmood. “The duo have claimed that the substances were not taken deliberately to enhance their performance but instead were prescribed by their doctor for their illness. However, they have no concrete and convincing reasons.”
Sadaf, who represented Pakistan in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, and fast-rising Javeria, failed dope tests that were conducted during trials for the Commonwealth Games (CWG) last month. Both were due to take part in the 100 and 200-metre races in the CWG scheduled for October in India.
While Javeria had nandrolone and stenbolone at levels 12 times higher than normal, Sadaf tested positive for anabolic steroid metribolone, which is not considered a performance-enhancing drug, but is banned by most sport authorities.
Published in The Express Tribune, July 30th, 2010.