Italian police questioned the trainer of Asafa Powell
until 4.30am on Monday and confiscated supplements after raiding the
hotel where the Jamaican sprinter was staying. The Udine police captain,
Antonio Pisapia, confirmed that the room of Powell's physical trainer,
Chris Xuereb, was searched and that supplements were taken away to be
analysed.
A spokeswoman for Powell told the Guardian that the
athlete's camp had arranged a search warrant with police and contacted
the World Anti-Doping Agency to ensure that any supplements taken away
for testing would be done so without contamination.
They also
claimed that Xuereb had provided Powell and his training partner Sherone
Simpson with a number of supplements, one of which they believe
contains the banned substance oxilofrine, which both athletes tested
positive for at the Jamaican championships last month.
Paul Doyle,
Powell's agent, confirmed on Monday night that the trainer had started
working with the athlete on 8 May, just before the championships, for a
one-week trial period having been highly recommended by a Canadian
physiotherapist.
Doyle said Xuereb's contract was then extended
for a four-month period until the end of the season and that the
Canadian's primary role in camp was to "treat Asafa and keep him
healthy". Doyle earlier told local radio that he had hired him without
any background checks being made.
There has been no comment from
Xuereb but no arrests were made in the raid at the Fra i Pini hotel in
Lignano Sabbiadoro in north-eastern Italy, and nobody has been placed
under investigation.
Powell and Simpson pulled out of their
training session on Monday at the Teghil Stadium in Lignano Sabbiadoro,
with Powell making a brief appearance in the hotel's restaurant for
breakfast at 10.30am before returning to his room.
Powell has also
withdrawn from of a meeting on Tuesday as well as from the Diamond
League event in Monaco on Friday. He is hopeful that Wada will reveal
the results of its tests by the end of the week, his spokeswoman said.
Source : http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2013/jul/15/asafa-powell-trainer-chris-xuereb-questioned
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