MONTEGO BAY, St James — the Jamaican Diaspora last night reacted with shock to the positive drug test of Olympic champion Veronica Campbell Brown, but gave her support with the hope her name would be cleared. Meeting here in Montego Bay for the fifth staging of the Biennial Jamaica Diaspora Conference, the overseas-based Jamaicans said persons should await the facts before condemning the athlete who has over the years represented the country with distinction.
"I think that we are sensationalising the whole issue. We should wait until all the facts come out. I don't think that she or the management are stupid; and from what I have read that masking agent can be used for a lot of things. I read that she went to a dentist ,and [so] we should just wait until all the facts are in before we jump to judgment. I have all confidence that she would not have jeopardised her career and our reputation for that. It's not even an Olympic year," said Patrick Beckford, former Diaspora Advisory Board member for United States North East and a native of Trelawny. Read more:
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