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Ireland cricketer Stokell in voluntary suspension over medication error
Rebecca Stokell has begun a voluntary suspension after testing positive for a non-performance-enhancing substance and failing to report prescription medication use.
In brief
Rebecca Stokell has begun a voluntary suspension after testing positive for a non-performance-enhancing substance and failing to report prescription medication use. Ireland cricketer Rebecca Stokell has voluntarily suspended herself after an anti-doping breach involving unreported prescription medication at the twenty…
Stokell tests positive at World Cup
The International Cricket Council confirmed the twenty six year old Ireland cricketer returned an adverse finding for a specified substance after her side's defeat by Sri Lanka at the twenty twenty-six Women's T twenty World…
Medication not performance-enhancing
Although the substance was not performance-enhancing, Rebecca Stokell acknowledged she did not adhere to reporting requirements over the use of prescription medication.
“I fully accept my mistake and have voluntarily entered into a period of suspension ahead of the findings being returned.”
Stokell begins voluntary suspension
Stokell has started a voluntary period of suspension while waiting for the outcome of an ICC investigation.
The takeaway
Ireland cricketer Rebecca Stokell has voluntarily suspended herself after an anti-doping breach involving unreported prescription medication at the twenty twenty-six Women's T twenty World Cup.
