The Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) maintained that Justin Brownlee’s failure to pass a doping test in Hangzhou wouldn’t affect the Gilas Pilipinas gold medal win in the 19th Asian Games.
“The gold remains with us,” POC president Rep. Abraham “Bambol” Tolentino said on Friday.
Tolentino said if two of Brownlee’s Gilas teammates also test positive, that’s the only time when the Philippines’ gold medal will be forfeited.
He cited Article 11.2 of the Anti-Doping Rule of the International Olympic Committee that states under “Consequences for Team Sports” that “If more than two members of a team in a Team Sport is found to have committed an anti-doping rule violation… the CAS [Court of Arbitration for Sport] Anti-Doping Division may impose an appropriate sanction on the team (e.g., loss of points, Disqualification from a Competition, Event or the Olympic Games Rio 2016, or other sanction) as provided in the applicable rules of the relevant International Federation, in addition to any consequences imposed upon the individual athletes committing the anti-doping rule violation.”
Brownlee is the second athlete on Team Philippines to test positive for doping on their A Sample taken during the Hangzhou Games.
Mountain bike cycling athlete Ariana Evangelista earlier returned an “Adverse Analytical Finding” after she was randomly tested ahead of her competition early in the games.
Brownlee has until October 19 to contest the result of his A Sample through appropriate procedures set by the IOC, ITA, and the World Anti-Doping Agency.
Brownlee’s teammates have also been tested, as has their final opponent, Jordan, which also had one player fail the test.
A two-year suspension will be imposed if the B Sample also yields a positive result.
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