The Philippine Olympic Committee assured that the Gilas Pilipinas’ Asiad gold remains with the country. However, a two-year suspension will be imposed on star Justin Brownlee if he gets a second positive doping test.
The Philippine Olympic Committee assured that the Asiad gold claimed by the Gilas Pilipinas squad remains with the country after power forward Justin Brownlee tested positive in his doping test.Tolentino cited Article 11.2 of International Olympic Committee’s Anti-Doping Rule, emphasizing that only teams with two or more members who test positive will be disqualified from a competition or event.
The 6’7 shooter hauled 20 points and converted 10 rebounds in the Philippines’ 70-60 win against Jordan on Oct. 6 — a day before the samples were collected.“All Brownlee needs is to prove his innocence in contesting the result if he allows testing his B Sample,” Tolentino said.POC said the naturalized import has until Oct. 19 to contest the result of his first sample through appropriate procedures set by the IOC, ITA and the World Anti-Doping Agency.
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