Why Shelly-Ann Fraser Withdrew from Lausanne, by Alfons Juck, Note by Larry Eder

Shelly-Ann Fraser, 2009 WC Berlin, photo by PhotoRun.net.

An Olympic champion who tests positive is the focus of much media curiosity. That will be the case of Shelly-Ann Fraser. Trackalerts.com will keep us updated on the Kingston press conference tomorrow….

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FRASER
WITHDREW

KINGSTON/LAUSANNE (JAM/SUI): TrackAlerts informs that world and olympic
Champion, Shelly-Ann Fraser, has withdrawn from Diamond League meeting in
Lausanne, Switzerland, because of an IAAF positive finding. She will now fly
back to Jamaica for an hearing. The findings came from the use of pain
medication she used in May after suffering excruciating pain from a dental
procedure. Fraser’s track & field club, MVP through its President Bruce
James, broke the news on Thursday. â€žWe are coming forward with this
information, because we have nothing to hide. The positive finding is not a performance
enhancing drug or a masking agent and therefore we want to have this
matter resolved as fast as possible. We are the ones who are making the
immediate decision to come public with this.” Trackalerts.com understands the
IAAF confirmed with the staff of MVP that it was not a PED and that she
could compete until the matter was cleared up but they chose to not go that
route and thought it best to withdraw Fraser until the matter was cleared up by
a hearing panel in Jamaica. James said there will be a press
conference tomorrow afternoon in Kingston at a time and location to be
confirmed.

Author

Larry Eder
Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys. Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."
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