<p>Jamaica's World Under-20 double sprint gold medallist Briana Williams has escaped a doping ban for using the banned Diuretic Hydrochlorothiazide, the Independent Anti-Doping Disciplinary Panel (IADP) ruled on Thursday.</p>.<p>Williams, 17, was provisionally named in the Jamaica team for the 100 metres and 4x100 metres relay at the World Championships in Doha which start on Friday.</p>.<p>The IADP ruled that she will be "reprimanded with no period of ineligibility". Williams returned the positive test at the Jamaican trials in June and had faced the possibility of a four-year ban.</p>.<p>“The IADP finds that the athlete has established no significant fault or negligence as she was given tablets by her guardian and had no intention to cheat in her In-Competition sprint event on June 21, 2019," the IADP said in a statement.</p>.<p>“The IADP recommends that the athlete undergoes another education programme on Anti-Doping In Sports Rules.”</p>.<p>Williams's coach Ato Boldon said he was relieved that she had been exonerated and confirmed that she was due to fly in to Doha.</p>.<p>"I’m satisfied that the panel came to the right decision based on the evidence and based on what the IAAF rules and the WADA code is," Boldon told Reuters.</p>.<p>"I wouldn’t want what Briana has endured at her age to happen to my worst enemy," the former Olympic and World Championship medallist added. </p>
<p>Jamaica's World Under-20 double sprint gold medallist Briana Williams has escaped a doping ban for using the banned Diuretic Hydrochlorothiazide, the Independent Anti-Doping Disciplinary Panel (IADP) ruled on Thursday.</p>.<p>Williams, 17, was provisionally named in the Jamaica team for the 100 metres and 4x100 metres relay at the World Championships in Doha which start on Friday.</p>.<p>The IADP ruled that she will be "reprimanded with no period of ineligibility". Williams returned the positive test at the Jamaican trials in June and had faced the possibility of a four-year ban.</p>.<p>“The IADP finds that the athlete has established no significant fault or negligence as she was given tablets by her guardian and had no intention to cheat in her In-Competition sprint event on June 21, 2019," the IADP said in a statement.</p>.<p>“The IADP recommends that the athlete undergoes another education programme on Anti-Doping In Sports Rules.”</p>.<p>Williams's coach Ato Boldon said he was relieved that she had been exonerated and confirmed that she was due to fly in to Doha.</p>.<p>"I’m satisfied that the panel came to the right decision based on the evidence and based on what the IAAF rules and the WADA code is," Boldon told Reuters.</p>.<p>"I wouldn’t want what Briana has endured at her age to happen to my worst enemy," the former Olympic and World Championship medallist added. </p>