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Jamaica's doping scandal

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/athletics/24900565

Jamaica's most senior drug tester says the country's recent rash of failed tests might be the "tip of an iceberg".

Dr Paul Wright told the BBC that the Caribbean island's anti-doping regime had been woefully short of the international standards required.

His comments come a week after the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) visited Jamaica to investigate claims that the country's athletes were not being tested rigorously enough.
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Jamaican dope testing criticised by top official

Former Jamaican Anti-Doping Commission (Jadco) executive director Renee Anne Shirley sparked the crisis when she said the agency conducted just one out-of-competition test in the six months leading up to the 2012 Olympic Games in London.



Will be interesting to see if the Jamaican athletes suddenly start posting much slower times now that the testing is being increased, one out-of-competition test is a disgrace.

Comments

  • like a Bolt from the blue
  • Drugs play as much a part in Athletics as it does in Cycling, no shocks here.
  • I would hope Bolt is an exception and is a freak.
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    "Gold medal? When I've smoked this......."
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    "Gold medal? When I've smoked this......."

    The only way you could win a race on puff is if they put a rum cheese cake on the finishing line.
  • Strangely, considering the frankly ridiculous times he has run, I think Bolt is less likely than a lot of his compatriots to be juiced up. He is simply an absolutely freakish individual - with the same turnover of a man six inches shorter than he is. Totally unique.

    That said, their drug testing regime has always been utterly laughable, so he's probably as guilty of it as the rest no doubt are.
  • Bolt is just a freak. He was breaking records at 15, so unless he's been on drugs his entire life then i don't think he's guilty
  • I hope (and think) Bolt is clean - as others have said, he's just a freak of nature so I don't think he has to bother with the drugs to be head and shoulders above the rest.
  • It's just interesting that the 2nd all-time fastest sprinter (Tyson Gay) and the 4th all-time sprinter (Powell) have both been found testing positive. Along with the fastest woman, and 5 other Jamaican athletes.

    Either Blake and Bolt are more than half a second quicker than everyone else (which is unheard of in a 100m race), or something is going on.
  • Blake got a 3 month ban back in 2009. I'd be far less convinced of his innocence on this.
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  • Just imagine how fast bolt would be if he was on drugs. (Which he isn't of course.)
  • Just imagine how fast bolt would be if he was on drugs. (Which he isn't of course.)

    I'd imagine he could manage 9.58 ;-)
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