Sprint stars fume at media

Last Updated: July 19, 2013 10:59am

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce: Walked out of press conference

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Carmelita Jeter walked out of a press conference in protest at media questions about doping.

Double Olympic 100 metres champion Fraser-Pryce of Jamaica and world champion Jeter, who is American, were speaking ahead of Friday night's Diamond League meeting in Monaco.

Both women had warned they would not answer questions on the current scandal which has seen Asafa Powell, Tyson Gay and a further three athletes from Jamaica fail drugs tests.

The pair duly walked out when the inevitable questions came, but one man who did comment on the matter was American sprinter Justin Gatlin who won Olympic gold in 2004 but then served a four-year ban after testing positive for a banned substance.

"I still believe in athletics," Gatlin said. "I'm still a fan of the sport. We just have to get past this. The young athletes have to go out there and shine."

It was a rebirth for me to be able to come and be able to gain the respect of the community again. I think people accept me now."

"I think this shows a lot of the young athletes that it doesn't have to be old stone-age steroids that are given to you in a syringe.

"It can be something from over the counter that's given to you. You just have to make sure that you're responsible for what's going into your body."

We review the last seven days in the world of sport and pick out the winners and losers.

Irish stars Droopys Jet and Ballymac Vic are favourites for the William Hill Greyhound Derby final.

Anna Watkins has backed the Women's Sports Trust to capitalise on the Olympics and boost female sport.

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Sprint stars fume at media

Last Updated: July 19, 2013 10:59am

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce: Walked out of press conference

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Carmelita Jeter walked out of a press conference in protest at media questions about doping.

Double Olympic 100 metres champion Fraser-Pryce of Jamaica and world champion Jeter, who is American, were speaking ahead of Friday night's Diamond League meeting in Monaco.

Both women had warned they would not answer questions on the current scandal which has seen Asafa Powell, Tyson Gay and a further three athletes from Jamaica fail drugs tests.

The pair duly walked out when the inevitable questions came, but one man who did comment on the matter was American sprinter Justin Gatlin who won Olympic gold in 2004 but then served a four-year ban after testing positive for a banned substance.

"I still believe in athletics," Gatlin said. "I'm still a fan of the sport. We just have to get past this. The young athletes have to go out there and shine."

It was a rebirth for me to be able to come and be able to gain the respect of the community again. I think people accept me now."

"I think this shows a lot of the young athletes that it doesn't have to be old stone-age steroids that are given to you in a syringe.

"It can be something from over the counter that's given to you. You just have to make sure that you're responsible for what's going into your body."

We review the last seven days in the world of sport and pick out the winners and losers.

Irish stars Droopys Jet and Ballymac Vic are favourites for the William Hill Greyhound Derby final.

Anna Watkins has backed the Women's Sports Trust to capitalise on the Olympics and boost female sport.

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Patel stars as Bears win at Uxbridge

County Championship Division One, Uxbridge

Warwickshire 486-6 dec & 111-5 beat Middlesex 309 & 286 by five wickets

Warwickshire 22 pts, Middlesex 3 pts

County champions Warwickshire eased their relegation fears with only their second win in nine matches this season.

Resuming on 147-5 at Uxbridge, first-innings centurion Adam Voges again proved Middlesex's main man with 51.

But Jeetan Patel took three of the five wickets to fall as the home side were bowled out just before lunch for 286.

The Bears then made hard work of it on a turning pitch, taking 41 overs to make 111-5, winning by five wickets, wicket-keeper Tim Ambrose making 47.

New Zealand spinner Jeetan Patel has now claimed 29 Championship scalps this season - the Bears' leading wicket taker After his unbeaten first-innings double century, stand-in skipper Varun Chopra lasted just eight balls second time around before Laurie Evans also went cheaply to Ollie Rayner, leaving the Bears 5-2.

When Corey Collymore nipped in to remove Ian Westwood, it was 21-3. But Ambrose saw his side almost all the way home, his controversial departure just before the end allowing Surrey old boy Rikki Clarke to come in and finish the job inside six deliveries, well into the final session.

Victory came at a cost for the Bears, who were without last season's leading wicket taker Chris Wright for half of the match.

After taking two wickets in the Middlesex first innings, he picked up a back injury that will rule him out of Friday evening's Pears-Bears Twenty 20 clash against Worcestershire at New Road.

Warwickshire, who are next in Championship action at home to Nottinghamshire on Monday, climb out of the drop zone to sixth in the table, 44 points clear of bottom side Derbyshire - and 16 clear of eighth-placed Surrey.

With seven matches left of the Championship season, they are 50 points off top spot - and 11 points behind fourth-placed Middlesex, who travel to Hove to play leaders Sussex on Monday.

BBC London 94.9's Kevin Hand:

"Middlesex ultimately will look back to the first morning, to rue the two dropped catches offered by stand-in skipper Varun Chopra before he got off the mark.

The stand in skipper eventually made an unbeaten double ton and after an early clatter in the Middlesex innings it was a long way back.

Adam Voges scored more than 200 runs in the match on his Championship debut but when he fell on the final day there was only going to be one winner.

The defeat doesn't end Middlesex's title hopes but it does put a lot of pressure on next weeks trip to Sussex.

BBC Coventry & Warwickshire's Clive Eakin:

"The nervous way the Bears' top order approached chasing their modest target should not detract from a very good performance.

"They looked much more like the team that won the title last season. They batted big in the first innings, producing three century stands and avoiding losing wickets in clusters.

"The Bears attack, at full strength until Chris Wright dropped out with a back strain, was penetrating and patient, bowling out the opposition twice on a pitch which always favoured the batsmen.

"Now Warwickshire have to try to improve their wretched form with the white ball."

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