<p> Jamaica’s twice Olympic 200 metres champion Veronica Campbell-Brown was suspended by her national federation on Tuesday following a positive test for a banned diuretic at a meeting last month. <br /><br /></p>.<p>“The Jamaican Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA) can now confirm that a case concerning Mrs Veronica Campbell-Brown is currently ongoing,” the Jamaican governing body said in a statement. “She has been provisionally suspended from competition awaiting the outcome of a disciplinary panel that will be empanelled to hear this case.” <br /><br />“There are two things that are unmistakable about Veronica Campbell-Brown,” her manager Claude Bryan said in a statement. <br /><br />“On one hand she has had good success on the track and on the other she has always stood for and carried herself with dignity.” <br /><br />“Veronica is not a cheat, she has via hard work and dedication accomplished a record on the track which is absolutely remarkable,” he said. <br /><br />“Her faith which rests not in device or creed will see her through this dark period.” <br /><br />Sources close to Jamaican athletics told Reuters that the banned drug was contained in a cream which Campbell-Brown was using to treat a leg injury and which she had declared on her doping control form. </p>
<p> Jamaica’s twice Olympic 200 metres champion Veronica Campbell-Brown was suspended by her national federation on Tuesday following a positive test for a banned diuretic at a meeting last month. <br /><br /></p>.<p>“The Jamaican Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA) can now confirm that a case concerning Mrs Veronica Campbell-Brown is currently ongoing,” the Jamaican governing body said in a statement. “She has been provisionally suspended from competition awaiting the outcome of a disciplinary panel that will be empanelled to hear this case.” <br /><br />“There are two things that are unmistakable about Veronica Campbell-Brown,” her manager Claude Bryan said in a statement. <br /><br />“On one hand she has had good success on the track and on the other she has always stood for and carried herself with dignity.” <br /><br />“Veronica is not a cheat, she has via hard work and dedication accomplished a record on the track which is absolutely remarkable,” he said. <br /><br />“Her faith which rests not in device or creed will see her through this dark period.” <br /><br />Sources close to Jamaican athletics told Reuters that the banned drug was contained in a cream which Campbell-Brown was using to treat a leg injury and which she had declared on her doping control form. </p>