File- This Aug. 3, 2012 file photo shows Jamaica's Veronica Campbell-Brown competing in a women's 100-meter heat during the athletics in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London. Campbell-Brown, or "VCB" as she's simply known in sprinting circles, tested positive for a banned diuretic at a meet in May and will serve a suspension while anti-doping officials rule on the positive drug test, island track officials announced Tuesday June 18, 2013. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File)
June 19, 2013 - 9:58 AM
LONDON - The IAAF says the doping case involving Jamaican sprint star Veronica Campbell-Brown appears to involve a "lesser" offence.
The three-time Olympic gold medallist was suspended by Jamaica's national federation on Tuesday pending an investigation into a positive drug test.
Jamaican officials said Campbell-Brown tested positive for a banned diuretic at a meet in May.
IAAF spokesman Nick Davies tells The Associated Press "all evidence seems to point to this offence being a lesser one," meaning possible unintentional use of a banned substance.
Under global anti-doping rules, some diuretics are classified as a "specified substance," a designation for drugs that might have been consumed without intent to enhance performance.
Athletes can receive a reduced sanction if they can prove how a substance was ingested.
News from © The Associated Press, 2013