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Report: Balco founder voices concern to WADA over Jamaica sprint Posted on : 2008-07-19 | Author : DPA
News Category : Sports
Hamburg - Balco founder Victor Conte approached the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) last December to express his concern over athletics success of Jamaica and other Caribbean countries, the Los Angeles Times reported on Saturday. The report on the paper's website said that Conte urged WADA "to investigate drug testing and supervision of athletes in Caribbean nations that lack an independent, state-run anti-doping body."The LA Times quoted Conte as saying this week: "To see the fastest people in the world coming from one island (Jamaica), I'm highly suspicious. I believe there's rampant use of performance-enhancing drugs in the Caribbean.""Conte said he met in December with then-WADA director Dick Pound and detailed allegations of illicit behavior. He declined to elaborate," the paper said. Pound left the job two weeks later and the LA Times said that WADA general director David Howman declined to say how Conte's information was used. Pound was quoted as saying on Friday that Conte's information "was good, and that we should follow up."Usain Bolt recently bettered the 100m world record to 9.72 seconds and is also the fastest active 200m runner. Fellow-Jamaican Asafa Powell was the former 100m record holder with 9.74 seconds. The sprinters have never failed a doping test and are tested regularly at the big races they compete in - including the upcoming Beijing Olympics. Jamaican legend Merlene Ottey, who now competes for Slovenia, tested positive for nandrolone in 1999 but was later cleared to run again. International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge told Deutsche Presse-Agentur
News Category : Sports
Hamburg - Balco founder Victor Conte approached the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) last December to express his concern over athletics success of Jamaica and other Caribbean countries, the Los Angeles Times reported on Saturday. The report on the paper's website said that Conte urged WADA "to investigate drug testing and supervision of athletes in Caribbean nations that lack an independent, state-run anti-doping body."The LA Times quoted Conte as saying this week: "To see the fastest people in the world coming from one island (Jamaica), I'm highly suspicious. I believe there's rampant use of performance-enhancing drugs in the Caribbean.""Conte said he met in December with then-WADA director Dick Pound and detailed allegations of illicit behavior. He declined to elaborate," the paper said. Pound left the job two weeks later and the LA Times said that WADA general director David Howman declined to say how Conte's information was used. Pound was quoted as saying on Friday that Conte's information "was good, and that we should follow up."Usain Bolt recently bettered the 100m world record to 9.72 seconds and is also the fastest active 200m runner. Fellow-Jamaican Asafa Powell was the former 100m record holder with 9.74 seconds. The sprinters have never failed a doping test and are tested regularly at the big races they compete in - including the upcoming Beijing Olympics. Jamaican legend Merlene Ottey, who now competes for Slovenia, tested positive for nandrolone in 1999 but was later cleared to run again. International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge told Deutsche Presse-Agentur
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