Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) President Abraham “Bambol” Tolentino said on Friday, Oct. 13, that the country’s gold medal in men’s 5x5 basketball at the 19th Asian Games would not be affected despite Justin Brownlee failing a doping test during the regional tilt.

Tolentino cited Article 11.2 of the Anti-Doping Rule of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) under “Consequences for Team Sports” stating that “If more than two members of a team in a Team Sport is found to have committed an anti-doping rule violation … the CAS [Court of Arbitration for Sport] Anti-Doping Division may impose an appropriate sanction on the team (e.g., loss of points, Disqualification from a Competition, Event or the Olympic Games Rio 2016, or other sanction) as provided in the applicable rules of the relevant International Federation, in addition to any consequences imposed upon the individual Athletes committing the anti doping rule violation.”

Tolentino said that if two of Brownlee’s Gilas Pilipinas teammates also test positive, that’s the only time when the Philippines’ gold medal will be forfeited.

Brownlee is the second athlete from Team PH who tested positive for doping on their A Sample taken during the Hangzhou Games.

The first was mountain bike cyclist Ariana Evangelista, who earlier returned an “Adverse Analytical Finding” after she was randomly tested ahead of her competition in the Asiad.

Brownlee, who spearheaded Gilas Pilipinas’ golden victory over Jordan at the Asiad, tested positive for the banned substance Carboxy-THC according to the International Testing Agency.

Carboxy-THC, which is under the prohibited list of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), is linked to Cannabis use.

The sample was collected by the ITA during an in-competition doping control performed last Oct. 7.

Brownlee has until Oct. 19 to contest the result of his A sample by testing his B sample through appropriate procedures set by the IOC, ITA and WADA.

But for now, both Brownlee and Evangelista are provisionally suspended until after the result of their B samples are analyzed in their defense.

A total of 10 athletes, including a basketball player from Jordan, tested positive during the Asiad.

A two-year suspension will be imposed if the B sample also yields a positive result.