Kris Mychasiw, manager of embattled Jamaican athlete Sheri-Ann Brooks, has accused the Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission (JADCO) of having a personal vendetta against his athlete.

Brooks was one of five Jamaican athletes, who missed the World Championships because of Adverse Analytical Finding (AAF) in their samples at June's National Championships.

"I feel as though JADCO has a personal vendetta for my client and are going to extreme measures to ensure that she does not race for the remainder of the season," Mychasiw told The Gleaner.

"Enough is enough, they must take onus for their mistakes and officially clear her so that she can continue to run in the sport she loves, for the best sprint nation in the world," he added.

Professor Erroll Morrison, chairman of JADCO, emphatically refuted Mychasiw claim.

"Absolutely not," Morrison said.

"We don't have anything against anybody," he added, while explaining they are just following the directive of parent body World Anti-doping Agency (WADA).

Under scrutiny

"If we don't do it right here, we are under the scrutiny of the world, if we don't do it right here, the first thing you are going to hear is that we are protecting our athletes and if we do that, we have a bigger issue at stake," he said.

"We just want to make sure that we are as rigorous as possible, doing the thing according to the guidelines. Contrary to anybody who thinks that we have a vendetta, we are protecting them ... it's protection in the long run," added Proffesor Morrison.

Morrison said they appealed Brook's clearance because the method on which the appeal panel freed them was not the best way.

But Mychasiw, like the Jamaica Anti-Doping Disciplinary Panel, maintained, not only that 'the substance Brooks was tested for is not on the banned substance list', but also reiterated that the disciplinary panel's position that JADCO did not properly inform her of the location and time that her B sample would be tested.

"Had Sheri-Ann, her coach or myself been notified of the time, I would have made myself readily available to be there to supervise the testing," said the Mychasiw, who lives in Monteral, Canada where the samples were tested.

Controversy

Despite all the controversy, Mychasiw believes that it has been almost a month since news of the positive test broke and it is full time the matter was brought to an end.

"I have a hard time understanding why things are taking so long to move ahead so we can get some closure," he said.

Mychasiw was told the appeal will be heard early next week, but like the missing the World Championships, Brooks has continued to see her earning power affected.

"I had to once again cancel a meet that she was confirmed resulting once again in a loss in revenue."

Mychasiw, said Brooks has complied with all requests and said the JAAA has been very supportive, and is upset that Brooks' name, along with those of Yohan Blake, Marvin Anderson, Allodin Fothergill and Lansford Spence, were leaked to the media before he was informed.

"All of these appeals that JADCO continues to bring forth are becoming tiresome and repetitive," he said.

"It is unfortunate for her right now that these proceedings are taking so long, as she is currently ranked number 5 on the World Athletics tour finals and we require one more Golden League level meet to solidify her spot, but meet directors are sceptical until the situation officially clears."

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