No threat of Jamaican athletes being banned as WADA audits JADCO

The audit was to have encompassed a variety of areas including JADCO’s drug testing program, staffing, governance, education program and status of current positive tests after a total of 7 Jamaican athletes, including 5 from track and field – including former men’s 100 meters world record holder Asafa Powell, failed drug tests this year.

WADA had voiced concerns earlier this year after former Jamaica anti-doping chief Renee Anne Shirley described flaws in the country’s drug testing system.

The agency was invited to look into the claims by the Office of the Jamaican Prime Minister.

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