Rome: Italian police are investigating Jamaican sprinters Asafa Powell and Sherone Simpson and their Canadian trainer Chris Xuereb on suspicion of violating doping laws, Italian media reported on Tuesday.
Newswire Ansa said the police had seized some 50 boxes during a search of the athletes' rooms in a hotel in north-east Italy, and would analyse pills, vials, sprays and creams to see if they contained banned substances.
The Fra i Pini hotel in Lignano, where the sprinters trained, said the athletes had left their rooms.
Former world 100 metres record holder Powell and Olympic 4x100 metres relay silver medallist Simpson said this weekend they had tested positive for the banned stimulant oxilophine, a blow for a sport with a troubled history of doping.
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