Jamaica's Olympic sprinter Sherone Simpson, who tested positive for doping at the Jamaican Championships in 2013, attends the second day of her hearing before the country's anti-doping commission in Kingston January 8, 2014. REUTERS/Gilbert Bellamy
(Reuters) - Athens Olympics relay champion Sherone Simpson has been suspended for 18 months after testing positive for the banned stimulant oxilofrine during last June's Jamaican trials.
Simpson was the second Jamaican athlete to be handed a doping ban on Tuesday as Olympic discus thrower Allison Randall was suspended for two years after she too failed a drugs test during the 2013 national trials.
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