The International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation IBSF has confirmed a positive doping test with a member of the Jamaican bobsleigh team. As the IBSF announced on Monday, the A-test was positive for the athlete in question during a competition in January. The association will initiate further measures after the opening of the B-sample.
Previously, the Jamaican Internet portal RJR News reported that a member of the Caribbean bobsleigh team competing at the Olympic Winter Games in Pyeongchang had been tested positive for the doping agent clenbuterol.
This would be one of the two women athletes of the Jamaican bobsleigh, pilot Jazmine Fenlator-Victorian or pusher Carrie Russell – another sled of Jamaica had not qualified for the games.
Jamaica’s association president Christian Stokes confirmed the case to the portal:”We have been informed about the anomaly in the test. But we are confident that this will come to a happy end. We’ve learned that it’s best to stay calm now.”
Fenlator-Victorian and former world-class athlete Russell finished 18th in Pyeongchang. The public dispute between former coach Sandra Kiriasis and the association caused a stir.
In Pyeongchang, Russian bob pilot Nadezhda Sergeyeva was banned from the Olympic Winter Games because of doping.