WADA: No current issues with Jamaica

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Jamaica's prime minister has promised the World Anti-Doping Agency that drug-testing of the country's sports stars will be a top priority.

Wada issued a warning to the Jamaicans last month, that they needed to address claims by a former leading official of its anti-doping commission, that there had been numerous "troubling" problems and a lack of adequate testing.

It comes after five Jamaican athletes tested positive for banned substances this summer, including the former 100m world record holder Asafa Powell.

Now, Portia Simpson-Miller, the prime minister of the Caribbean country, has contacted Wada and provided reassurances to the agency's director general David Howman.

Howman said there are "no current issues" with Jamaica but Wada will visit the country and maintain checks.

Howman said: "We have had several responses from Jamaica including a personal response from the prime minister. She is very interested in anti-doping issues and it shows their commitment to deal with this, and we will visit again for further discussions.

"There have been some gaps over the years in what Jamaica has done and we would not like to see these gaps occur again, but we have no current issues with them."

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Another more accurate article here....

http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/2013 ... lead1.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

"There is nothing "extraordinary" about the World Anti-Doping Agency's (WADA) intent to visit the island to conduct an audit of the Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission's (JADCO) drug-testing programme. That's the word from officials of JADCO who have asked to remain unnamed, and sources close to the situation, who were reacting to an unflattering report published by The Associated Press (AP) yesterday. The AP report suggested that WADA, out of concern about Jamaica's 'breakdown' in testing in the months leading up to the Olympic Games in London, England, last year, would be making an extraordinary visit to the island to scrutinise Jamaica's anti-doping programme as it related to the period in question when there was no testing done by the local anti-doping authority. But in a release last night, the Office of the Prime Minister said the Government welcomed WADA's acceptance of the invitation extended by Portia Simpson Miller on August 5 in a letter to IAAF President Lamine Diack, which was copied to the WADA President John Fahey, and WADA's offer to send a delegation to Jamaica to hold meetings and discussions."
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Left hand doesn't know what the right is doing....

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"It would seem as if John Fahey, president of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), and David Howman, its director general, are not on speaking terms. Because while the former was reported exclusively in the Daily Telegraph on Monday as rebuking Jamaica for what he deemed 'farcical' attempts to defer an extraordinary audit of the Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission (JADCO) until 2014, Howman had from last week finalised arrangements for a team from WADA to visit Jamaica next week. Minister with responsibility for sports, Natalie Neita Headley, told The Gleaner last week that if a mutually convenient date could be agreed on, then WADA was free to visit to conduct their audit of JADCO. Further, word reaching The Gleaner is that on October 16, another invitation was sent to WADA and it was agreed that a team from world sports' doping governors would be arriving in Jamaica on October 28. During the two-day visit, the WADA team is to have discussions with available JADCO commissioners, members of the staff, as well as the minister of sport. The team, which will be comprise Rob Koehler, Rune Anderson and Kerwin Clarke, will depart the island with their findings on October 30."
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And finally, a balanced article in the foreign press....

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/athletics/24723767" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

"But athletics' world governing body the IAAF subsequently said that the 19 Jamaican athletes in their registered pool of competitors were, on average, the most tested for any country in the lead up to the London Games. Wada's officials will examine Jadco's drug testing programme, staffing, governance and education programme, as well as current cases of adverse analytical findings against some of the country's athletes. Wada was invited to conduct an audit of the anti-doping programme by the Jamaican government."
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'However, Wada's visit to Jamaica to conduct an "extraordinary" audit into its anti-doping procedures appears to have been smoother than anticipated, with the island's sports minister Natalie Neita-Headley saying that "the Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission (Jadco) is not non-compliant". Neita-Headley also claimed that discussions between Jadco and Wada's three-man team during the two-day audit had been "constructive" and that Jamaica's government was "committed to the integrity of sport". A Wada spokesman refused to comment and the audit is unlikely to be made public until after Wada's conference in Johannesburg between 12-15 November.'

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'Howman said he was "content" with the process that was followed with WADA's inspection of the Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission last week, following the revelations of a breakdown in the testing of the Caribbean island's high-profile sprinters in the six months leading up to the London Olympics.'

http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/sport/WA ... k_15400651" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Nowhere near the hysterical reaction of the foreign media in their coverage of this event....
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'IAAF deputy general secretary, Nick Davies, told The Gleaner yesterday during the build up to the IAAF Awards Ceremony and Gala celebrations here, that while track and field's world governing body fully supports WADA's push to strengthen the domestic anti-doping arm - the Jamaica Anti-doping Commission (JADCO) - it should be careful not to give the impression that the island's athletes aren't being tested; an approach that he believes will unfairly damage the country's reputation and that of the sport in general. "It (WADA criticism) is excessive, and to be a bit cynical, I would link it with the need to create a lot of media attention in the lead up to the World Anti-doping Conference which is taking place in Johannesburg," said Davies. "We should be careful about making a WADA problem with a national anti-doping agency a reason to question the integrity of Jamaican athletes as a whole. The IAAF wants to make the distinction between WADA's concern about the challenges it faces to meet its own responsibility and the desire to set up National Anti-Doping Agencies - such as JADCO. Unfortunately for the IAAF, the publicity that WADA is creating as a result of this narrow mission is beginning to undermine all the good work done by the IAAF and the sport of athletics in anti-doping and blur the message that, in fact, the IAAF is successfully responsible for testing Jamaican athletes extensively both in competition and out of competition," added Davies. "We are doing everything possible in terms of our testing programme to ensure that the top Jamaican athletes are tested regularly - Usain Bolt, for example, is the world's most tested athlete so far in 2013! But we are also trying to support WADA's efforts to set up JADCO, as we strongly approve of efforts by countries to set up their own national anti-doping agencies. But having said that, the IAAF is also there to support and cover in terms of anti-doping," said Davies.'

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"Stop all this nonsense!" said Diack. "Everyone knows the strength of Jamaica in the sprinting, especially, it didn't start in Usain (Bolt). I read in the newspapers and it was like a campaign against Jamaica and I think it was ridiculous," Diack added. "They are the most tested athletes in the world!" The IAAF boss also put to bed arguments that countries like Jamaica, who had featured in WADA's crosshairs over doubts in the integrity of its drug-testing machinery, could be barred from competing at the Olympics in the absence of improvements. But Diack stressed "I read in the newspapers how WADA are going there and they are going to suspend (Jamaica from the Olympics). "They cannot suspend anybody!" Diack added: "After Jamaica they (WADA) went to Kenya because some doctor went there and said the Kenyan athletes are not controlled. They are the most controlled ... 650 or so athletes controlled every time in and out of competition."

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a couple of days ago, Shirley said this:

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/gene ... 03734.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

'Renee-Anne Shirley, the whistle-blower who exposed Jamaica's negligible levels of dope testing in the run-up to the London Olympics, has been branded a "Judas" and a "traitor" to her country, and forced to relocate because of the backlash against her. Shirley claimed she has been "blacklisted" because of her actions, saying she is "ostracised in the eyes of the entirety of Jamaica".'

That's a gross exaggeration....

Shirley has not been "forced" out of Jamaica. She happily flies to and from Jamaica without any problems. As I post this, she's currently boarding flight BA2263 to Kingston, and she's not in hiding as she does so. She's very keen on making all the other Jamaicans see her, and she's currently sitting across the aisle on the flight from my very reliable informant.
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