Jamaican Hurdlers Linked to Steroids

Drugs sent through Internet network, Sports Illustrated discovers
By Rob Quinn,  Newser Staff
Posted Sep 3, 2008 4:51 AM CDT
Jamaican Hurdlers Linked to Steroids
Dominican Republic's Yoel Tapia (left) wins the 4x400m relay qualifications ahead of Jamaica's Adrian Findlay (center) and Poland's Wojciech Chybinski at the IAAF World Indoor Championships.   (Getty Images)

Two Jamaican Olympic hurdlers received shipments of banned performance-enhancing drugs in 2006 and 2007, according to documents obtained by Sports Illustrated. The drugs were sent to addresses linked to Delloreen Ennis-London and Adrian Findlay, both members of the Jamaican team in Beijing. Findlay denied using steroids, while Ennis-London was unreachable.

"Trust me, I don't use steroids," Findlay said. "I guarantee you it wasn't mine and I didn't order it. I have a theory how this was sent." The prescription for London was from a doctor who describes himself as a "hormone therapist." Findlay's came from the Florida clinic where former Baltimore Orioles outfielder Jay Gibbons received banned drugs, the magazine reported.
(More Jamaica stories.)

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