Brigitte Foster-Hylton

Jamaican veteran Brigitte Foster-Hylton ran a season's best 12.51secs to finally claim gold in the women's 100m hurdles at the world athletics championships on Tuesday. The 34-year-old, who won world bronze in Helsinki in 2005 and silver in Paris in 2003, finally secured gold at Berlin's Olympic Stadium. She edged out Canada's Olympic bronze medallist Priscilla Lopes-Schliep who upgraded her bronze in Beijing to a silver here when she ran 12.54secs while Delloreen Ennis-London took third in 12.55. Foster-Hylton initially danced a jig of delight with Lopes-Schliep when the pair realised they had both medalled, but the Jamaican then slumped to the track as ... Read Full Story

Five Jamaican athletes were cleared Monday of doping at their national championships two months ago after the country's anti-doping panel failed to determine whether the banned substance was on the prohibited list. The athletes reportedly tested positive for the stimulant methylhexanamine. But Kent Gammon, chairman of the Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission's disciplinary committee, said it was unable to prove they had breached any doping policy. "Therefore, we have not found any of the athletes in violation of the (anti-doping) code," Gammon said. The athletes had previously been identified as Yohan Blake, Sheri-Ann Brooks, Allodin Fothergill, Lansford Spence and Marvin Anderson. The athletes are now cleared ... Read Full Story

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