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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Bolt’s coach Mills calls for Jamaica anti-doping laboratory]]></title>
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								The Jamaican government needs to establish an accredited anti-doping laboratory to protect its world-class athletes from taking contaminated substances, the coach of world record holder and Olympic champion Usain Bolt said.
Glen Mills, who mentors Bolt and world 100 metres champion Yohan Blake, said Jamaican athletes faced a minefield of substances and had little way of checking their validity as they focus on their competitions and build-up to races.
“It’s definitely a time for (the) nation to step forward and provide with a service that athletes can use to ensure the purity of substances that they have to use for treatment or whatever,” Mills said in an interview with RJR 94FM radio in Jamaica yesterday.
His call follows reports that Jamaica’s most decorated female sprinter, two-time Olympic 200 metres champion Veronica Campbell-Brown, had tested positive for a banned diuretic.
The test on Campbell-Brown’s sample was held at last month’s Jamaica International invitational in Kingston.
Extreme vigilance
During the weekend, Jamaican athletics officials confirmed an athlete failed a doping test at the meeting but have declined to give a name.
“It just re-emphasises the need for all...				]]></description>
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