Following a recent emergency audit from the (WADA), all 11 members of Jamaica’s Anti-Doping Commission (Jadco) have resigned, the Jamaican newspaper聽 谤别辫辞谤迟蝉.听
Natalie Neita-Headley, the minister responsible for sport in Jamaica, said in a , 鈥淨uite recently, Jadco’s commissioners met and acknowledged that there is a public perception of the existence of conflicts of interests among some of the members of the commission.鈥
This mass resignation comes after months of scrutiny and scandal around the island nation’s anti-doping comission. Five Jamaican athletes tested positive for banned substances this summer, including former 100 meter world-record holder Asafa Powell and world 200-meter champion Veronica Campbell-Brown.
In August, the former head of Jadco, that there had been only one out-of-competition test from February 2012 to the start of the London Olympics five months later.
Following Shirley鈥檚 revelations, Jamaica delayed a WADA investigation into Shirley鈥檚 claims, and WADA director general threatened to ban the sprinting island nation from the Olympics and World Championships.
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