FIVE Jamaican athletes test positive for banned substance!!

Luckily for the sport of athletics, Usain Bolt is not under the drug scandal cloud

The IAAF today confirmed that five athletes, four men and one woman, from Jamaica failed their drugs tests, testing positive for an undisclosed substance.

The BBC reported that IAAF spokesman Nick Davies said: "It's very early in the process so we cannot name them or the substance."

Jamaica's Women's 4 X 100 metres relay team will have a chance to atone for their botched relay run at the Beijing Olympics in 2008

An unnamed Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission (Jadco) official later dispelled fears that the country's Olympic medallists were involved. The official told news agency Reuters; "None of the world stars are involved."

The revelation now means that Jamaica athletics is under scrutiny, and the continued success of their top athletes will cause doubters around the world to wonder if they are clean.

Above: Michael Frater (L) and Asafa Powell (R) are set to compete at next month's World Championships in Berlin, Germany

Dr. Herb Elliot of Jadco told Radio Jamaica that all five of the athletes had been selected for Jamaica's 46-strong team for next month's World Championships in Berlin.

"We now informed the (Jamaican) federation who will then inform the athletes, and then they are asked if the want the B sample tested."