HAVANA, July 28 (Xinhua) -- A member of the Jamaican athletics team would be removed from its Olympic team after testing positive for a banned substance, president of the Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA) Mike Fennel said Monday.

According to Information reaching here from Kingston, capital of Jamaica, Fennel refused to give the name of the athlete who tested positive at the national trials on June 27-29 but he said "was not a big name".

He had received the positive results from the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) verbally but was waiting to see it "in black and white" before releasing to the local media, said the official.

President of the Caribbean Regional Anti-Doping Organization Adrian Lorde recently criticized Jamaica for not having an operational anti-doping agency of its own so Jamaica has been forced to rely on the IAAF to watch after their track stars.

Fennel said that this year have been done 96 tests on Jamaican at helts.

Athletes who test positive for banned substances have a chance of two weeks to send a backup sample for test; if this test is also positive, the athlete faces a two year ban.

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