Olympic gold medallist Nova Peris’ daughter tests positive to "banned substance"
Nova Peris’ daughter Jessica has tested positive for a banned substance and has been forced to withdraw from the Commonwealth Games selection trails.
In what has been touted as the biggest scandal to hit the Australian athletics community in quite some time, the 27-year-old daughter of the Olympic gold medallist had a banned substance detected in a sample taken by ASADA.
Jessica had marked a huge improvement in recent events, setting personal bests in the 100m and 200m events and putting herself in the frame for Commonwealth Games selection, but this also caught the attention of drug testers.
Solid run today from my daughter @jessica_peris in the 200m running another PB of 23.11sec (+3.1) - An awesome 2018 opener, looking forward to the @AthsAust meets in the coming weeks 👍🏾 #ThisIsAthletics pic.twitter.com/YXqeY0iZkY
— Nova Peris OAM OLY (@NovaPeris) January 7, 2018
Media reports note that while the substance involved is yet to be determined, testing of the B sample is expected to confirm the details and Jessica’s fate within days.
Nova Peris is one of Australia’s most iconic athletes, as the first indigenous Australian to win a gold meal at an Olympics Games as part of the field hockey team at Atlanta.
Nova would switch to track after that, where she won gold in the 200m and 4x100m Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur.
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