00:00 Guilas player Justin Brownlee was positive for a prohibited substance that is used in marijuana.
00:08 It was followed by their historic gold medal in the Asian Games.
00:12 The effect of that was on Guilas' victory and on Brownlee's basketball career in learning.
00:16 By Bernadette Reyes.
00:21 Justin Brownlee's two consecutive three-point shots in the last minutes of the game were the key to the Philippines' victory against China after the Asian Games.
00:33 That was the reason for the Philippines to enter the finals where Guilas won the gold medal from Jordan.
00:42 But does the Philippines' gold medal in basketball have any chance of being recovered?
00:47 That's the question Brownlee asked after he was positive for a prohibited substance that is used in cannabis or marijuana,
00:56 in the testing that was done during the Asian Games.
00:59 According to the International Testing Agency or ITA, the sample was obtained on October 7, a day after Guilas was injured.
01:07 Brownlee was given until October 19 to answer.
01:12 According to Philippine Olympic Committee President Bambol Tolentino, he was able to talk to Brownlee.
01:18 The POC clarified that Brownlee did not take any prohibited substance before playing in the Asian Games.
01:25 However, before the Asian Games, Brownlee underwent an operation in America.
01:31 The field of Brownlee is waiting for the documents related to this that they will use in filing an ITA.
01:38 He was injured so he was not able to play in the FIBA World Cup.
01:44 He was hospitalized in the US.
01:47 So that's where he was taken or he had a prescription there that has content.
01:55 Tolentino said under the rules of the Olympic Council of Asia,
01:59 if two members of a group are positive for banned substances, they can be forgiven for the penalty of punishment.
02:07 But in the case of Guilas, aside from Brownlee, all other members were cleared.
02:13 So Tolentino said,
02:15 Don't worry, the Philippines is still the gold.
02:19 We are still the champions in the Asian Games. The gold is not taken away from us.
02:24 Another sample of Brownlee will be under testing.
02:28 If still positive, Brownlee will get a two-year suspension.
02:35 But that's also the time that we can appeal to CAS, the Court of Arbitration on Sports in Switzerland.
02:44 But in case Brownlee is suspended, it may have an effect on the next games of Guilas,
02:51 which is still in the qualifiers for the next year for the Paris Olympics.
02:57 Aside from Brownlee, a Jordan player also tested positive.
03:01 So Tolentino said,
03:03 It's just confusing. Why us? Jordan? Who will be next?
03:07 It's just confusing. We can't say.
03:10 So I'm still waiting for the opening of the B-sample.
03:16 It's just confusing.
03:20 In Beijing, they will open the B-sample. In China, what's our fight there?
03:27 Then in the Philippines, then Jordan. Then there's nothing left.
03:32 For GMA Integrated News, Breneret Reyes, for Tutok 24 Horas.
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