The sprint sensation appeared at the Jamaican Championships, noting 10.94, a time that is U18 world record. But at the competitions in Kingston, she got stuck in a doping test. Williams had the banned substance hydrochlorothiazide in the body. Something that could be used to hide anabolic steroids and that could have given four years of shutdown.
Sprint legend Ato Boldon, who trains the young maverick, claimed that she got the substance through a contaminated refrigerant. So she is now freed by the International Discipline Committee and assigned a reprimand. not any shutdown.
"The IADP finds that the athlete has not shown any significant error or negligence because she was given tablets by her guardian and had no intention of cheating," says
A message received with pleasure from Boldon.
- I am satisfied that the panel reached the right decision. I wouldn't want what happened to Briana at her age to hit my worst enemies.