adminLONDON. — A former leading official at the Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission has accused the country of having an inadequate programme to unmask possible drugs cheats. Renee Anne Shirley, who quit as an executive director of Jadco this year, claimed the undisputed lead nation in sprinting conducted just one out-of-competition drugs test in the five months leading up to the London Olympics.
Shirley went public with her concerns after five Jamaican athletes tested positive in the build-up to this month’s World Championships in Moscow, including former 100-metres world record holder Asafa Powell.
Writing in Sports Illustrated, Shirley urged Jadco and the Jamaican govern-ment to establish a world-class anti-doping operation that was appropriate to the glut of medals it won on the track.
She described how she he had been tasked with developing the island’s anti-doping programme after being appointed senior adviser to Jamaica’s minister of sport in 2003 before joining Jadco shortly before London 2012. — The Telegraph.
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