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[Jangle]

Google Tyson Gay doping and the last article done was August. Since then, how many other "new" stories have been reported about Jamaica, JADCO and Jamaican athletes? This same reporter, of the article below, has been "breaking" stories about us. Where is the uproar about the USADA lack of forthrightness? Where is the "investigative" journalism? Those of us who constantly fall prey to Backra Massa and him tactics need to get our collective heads out of our arses and go on the attack. Yes, let JADCO, JAAA and the Jamaican Government go public and threaten to withdraw ourselves from the next World Games and Rio Olympics, then the money brokers will start taking notice of the campaign to besmirch our reputation and image.

David Bond BBC sports editor

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23 August 2013 Last updated at 05:09 GMT

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Tyson Gay positive test was for a banned steroid


Former world 100m champion Tyson Gay tested positive for a banned steroid, the BBC has learned.

News of the American's failed test emerged last month, but the details of the substance he tested positive for have - until now - not been made public.

The BBC has obtained extracts of a letter sent to Gay by the United States Anti Doping Agency (Usada) which outlines the nature of the substance traced in a sample he gave to drug testers during the US World Championship trials in June.

The letter, dated 23 July, states: "Using the Carbon Isotope Ratio Analysis it reported that the sample had an adverse analytical finding reflecting values that are consistent with the administration of a steroid of exogenous [external] nature."

The letter goes on to say that a positive test for an "anabolic agent" of this kind would - if proven - be a violation of the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) code.
Tyson Gay

• Age: 30
• Nationality: American
• Personal bests: 100m - 9.69secs, 200m - 19.58 secs
• Medals: Olympics: 4x100m relay - silver (2012); World Championships: 100m - gold (2007), silver (2009), 200m - gold (2007), 4x100m relay - gold (2007)

Under the Wada code, the standard ban for an athlete found guilty of taking a prohibited steroid is two years - the maximum punishment currently available.
A carbon isotope test, also known as an IRMS test, is normally used by anti-doping authorities to detect the banned steroid testosterone or closely related substances such as DHEA or androstenedione. These are known as precursors of testosterone.

Usada refused to comment on whether Gay had tested positive for a steroid.
But the agency confirmed on 27 July that the 2007 world 100m champion failed at least two tests. It is understood that in addition to the positive sample he gave at the US trials, he failed an out-of-competition test in May.
After being informed of his first failed test, the 30-year-old athlete pulled out of the American team selected for the World Athletics Championships, which were held in Moscow earlier this month.

World's fastest ever 100m men

• Usain Bolt (Jam) - 9.58 secs
• Tyson Gay (USA) - 9.69 secs
• Yohan Blake (Jam) - 9.69 secs
• Asafa Powell (Jam) - 9.72 secs

Gay has since been given a provisional suspension by Usada while the investigation into his case continues. He will face a disciplinary hearing in the coming weeks but has already earned credit from Usada for going public with his failed tests.

The fastest man over 100m in 2013, he had been expected to challenge Usain Bolt for gold in Moscow. After withdrawing from the US squad, Gay blamed a member of his back-up team for the failed tests.

"I don't have a sabotage story," he said last month. "I basically put my trust in someone and was let down. I know exactly what went on, but I can't discuss it right now."

There have been reports in the United States linking Gay to an Atlanta-based anti-ageing doctor called Clayton Gibson. Some anti-ageing specialists are known to use hormones such as testosterone and DHEA. Gibson has confirmed working with Gay, but has been quoted saying his clinic does not give its clients "synthetic" substances.

It is thought Gay, who worked closely with Usada on anti-doping campaigns in the past and volunteered for extra testing, is co-operating with the agency to try to reduce his sentence in return for evidence and information on others who may be involved in a wider doping ring.

Although Usada would not talk about the specifics of Gay's case, chief executive Travis Tygart told the BBC: "We appreciate Mr Gay taking responsibility for his decisions and for voluntarily removing himself from the World Championships."

[Sir X]

Steroids? Di hard stuff and dem still a investigate .

[Jangle]

The general consensus on social media at the time when the Tyson Gay's story came to light was, he was the most likable US athlete and everyone was sympathetic and willing to give him the benefit of the doubt that unscrupulous people around him were to be blamed. There was no follow up because the international media, or people with agendas, saw raw meat in Asafa Powell's "DRUG BUST" and police raid. Since then, we are fed a steady supply of "breaking" news with absolutely no evidence of any wrongdoings or cover ups by the Jamaican authorities. Jesus was sent to the cross for thirty pieces of silver. That a chump change to what the vermins are being paid to give "exclusive inside information" to these foreign press.

[Jangle]

Thinly-veiled threat for Jamaica and Kenya

Gary Denvir, Newstalk ZB November 14, 2013, 7:27 am

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A thinly veiled threat for Jamaica and Kenya from International Olympic Committee chief Thomas Bach, who says the two countries are treading a very dangerous path over their drug testing procedures.
Both nations' testing is being examined by the World Anti-Doping Agency.
Bach says the Wada code is very clear.
He says non-compliant countries risk being excluded from events, including the Olympic Games.
Sprinter Asafa Powell is one of several Jamaicans to test positive recently.

[Jangle]

13 November 2013 Last updated at 15:11 GMT

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Lax drugs testing risks Olympic ban - Thomas Bach


Jamaica and Kenya risk being banned from future Olympic Games if their drugs testing programmes fail to come up to scratch, International Olympic Committee chief Thomas Bach has warned.
Both nations' testing is being examined by the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada).
"The Wada code is very clear," Bach told BBC Sport. "Countries which are not compliant can be excluded from events including the Olympic Games."
Sprinter Asafa Powell is one of several Jamaicans to test positive recently.
Drug testing in athletics

• International federations such as the Jamaican Anti-Doping Commission (Jadco) are required to test their athletes at domestic competitions
• They are also expected to deliver out-of-competition testing
• Athletics' governing body IAAF perform their own out-of-competition testing
• The International Olympic Committee and the International Paralympic Committee test during the Olympic and Paralympic Games respectively

Meanwhile Kenya's government and Olympic federation are yet to confirm that a task force to investigate allegations of a doping culture in their set-up, promised 12 months ago, has been established.
Wada travelled to Jamaica in October to audit the country's testing procedures and said it was "very frustrated" by the apparent lack of progress in Kenya.
Bach said the International Olympic Committee would not shy away from acting if Wada found either nation were "non-compliant".
He added: "We can only sanction if we have a non-compliance declaration by Wada."
The Olympic Charter states that all National Olympic Committees must "adopt and implement" the World Anti-Doping Code with competitors, coaches, trainers and all officials obliged to "respect and comply in all aspects".
A ban would prevent innocent athletes such as Kenyan 800m Olympic champion David Rudisha and Jamaican sprinting great Usain Bolt competing.
Along with Powell, twice 200m Olympic champion Veronica Campbell-Brown and London 2012 4x100m relay silver medallist Sherone Simpson were left out of Jamaica's team for the World Championships in August after failed drugs tests.
After the spate of positive results, former Jamaican Anti-Doping Commission (Jadco) executive director Renee Anne Shirley claimed it had conducted just one out-of-competition test in the five months leading up to the 2012 Olympic Games in London.
Shirley also told Sports Illustrated that when she took up her role with Jadco in July 2012 the organisation did not have a whereabouts officer to track athletes out of competition and had been restricted by out-of-date testing kits.
Dr Paul Wright, Jadco's most senior drugs tester, added that Powell, Campbell-Brown and Simpson's failed tests may be the "tip of the iceberg".
Former Wada president Dick Pound admitted the organisation may have been "a little slow on the uptake" in monitoring Jamaica and Kenya's testing programmes were less stringent than required.
In his address to the World Conference on Doping in Sport, Bach promised there would be more tests at Sochi 2014, to be staged in Russia in February, than any previous Winter Olympics.
There will be a total of 2,453 tests around the Games, up from 2,149 four years ago in Vancouver.

[Jangle]

As I said, there is no need for these reporters to verify any hearsay. There is no need to mention USA or Turkey in their reporting.


Wada's waffling is threatening the very credibility of athletics

If the anti-doping agency was hoping to gild its conference with the headline 'Wada exposes flaws in Jadco operation', then I'm afraid the caravan has moved on
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'There is no power whatsoever for Wada under our code to comply anyone to do certain things,' said the anti-doping agency's outgoing president John Fahey. Photograph: Jean-Christophe Bott/AP

What precisely would a nation have to do for the World Anti-Doping Agency to rule it noncompliant with its code – a judgment which would force the International Olympic Committee to at least rule one way or the other as far as its Olympic participation is concerned?
We have to ask, given that one calendar year ago, Wada was said to be "frustrated" by Kenya's failure to investigate claims of drug use in long-distance runners. Twelve months later, on the eve of this week's Wada conference in Johannesburg, the agency's Africa office director declared it "very frustrated". By my calculations, November 2014 will see the threat level upgraded to "fairly ticked off", and November 2015 could see things gets as draconian as "actually pretty batey now".
The snook-cocking has been flagrant. Not only did Kenya fail to launch an investigation, but it did not even bother replying to Wada's letter recommending an investigation take place. Only on Monday did the country announce it had got around to forming an anti-doping task force to have a look into things – as late as last week, Wada's Africa office director was still admitting to reporters: "Officially, Icannot say where they are at with their investigation." (Nowhere, as it turned out).
But why in the name of credibility couldn't he say, you might wonder, just as we wondered in this space a few weeks ago how the Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission could possibly get away with cordially informing Wada it "cannot accommodate their visit until 2014", despite the whistleblower revelation that the country's testing programme effectively did not operate for five or six months in the run-up to last year's Olympics? "There is no power whatsoever for Wada under our code to comply anyone to do certain things," blustered the outgoing Wada president John Fahey this week, "and there are sanctions that can ultimately be imposed by those who control sport." And who knows when "ultimately" may be.
Intriguingly, it has since turned out that a window suddenly opened up in Jadco's schedule, and Wada's visit there took place last week. According to reports, representatives of the agency arrived on Monday night, then spent Tuesday having what can only have been a quick peek at the old testing operation, given that they nicked off on a flight first thing Wednesday morning. "I have a personal problem in what you can do in 12 hours," Jamaica's most senior drug tester, Dr Paul Wright, told the BBC. "They were only really here on Tuesday, and four hours of that was at a dinner function with the prime minister."
And that, apparently, is what a Wada "extraordinary audit" looks like. Did the mad optimist in you imagine it might be more … I don't know ... hard-arse in appearance? The episode leaves me wondering whether Wada's fictional analogue is Oz the Great and Powerful, being a deceptively awe-inspiring entity that is in fact operated by one man behind a curtain.
It was the same, ironically, with Balco, the headquarters of Victor Conte's performance-enhancing drugs business. If you've never seen a picture of Balco, the nerve centre of what would become a huge sporting scandal, then you might well have imagined it as a formidable sort of a place. It is, after all, an abbreviation for Bay Area Laboratory Co-operative, and something in that suggests a more sleek and refined set-up than what it actually was: a small, tired-looking shop front at one end of a suburban strip mall in the San Francisco suburb of Burlingame, whose next-door neighbour was not Spectre, but a schools equipment supplier called Tout About Toys.
And so, perhaps, with the World Anti-Doping Agency, who sound frightfully impressive, whose "extraordinary audit" of a country facing the most serious allegations of a total breakdown in testing needs barely a day in situ.
Of course, it is possible to get great results with a fairly two-bit operation – do look at what Conte achieved, after all. But the latter old rogue was (and is) at least coursing with radioactive self-belief – a quality for which Wada would not test positive.
Wada vocabulary reads like a masterclass in doormattery. It has to request to be "accommodated". When those requests are denied, or stalled, as they frequently seem to be, Wada is always "frustrated" or "disappointed". "It doesn't overimpress us," explained the agency's director-general of the Jamaican brush-off. Last year, even getting a reply from the Kenyans "would be encouraging"; this year, Fahey was waffling about noncompliance not being something he wanted to comment on, with IOC action theoretically possible in unspecified "due course".
It is a mark of quite how far we've tumbled down the rabbit hole when some of the most detailed pointers are coming from Conte himself. "IMO if Wada is serious about this Jadco investigation," he tweeted this week, "then they retest frozen urine samples from 2008 & 2009 using CIR [carbon isotope ratio] method." Maybe that process was set in train last Tuesday afternoon – yet it is said Wada's report on the inspection will already be complete in time for the current conference.
If the agency were hoping to gild that conference with the headline "Wada exposes flaws in Jadco operation", then I'm afraid the caravan has moved on. We should all be going with "Jadco exposes flaws in Wada's operation", which should lead us with very little delay to "Wada exposes flaws in IOC's operation" – if not "Wada exposes flaws in credibility of athletics itself".

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Olympic Games - Overwhelming support for revised anti-doping code - WADA

The adoption of a revised World Anti-Doping Code received "overwhelming support" after intense discussions on Wednesday said WADA's president with the agency confident it will be ratified as planned on Friday.

Reuters – Wed, Nov 13, 2013 17:56 GMT

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"There was overwhelming support for the direction in which the code is heading," World Anti-Doping Agency chief John Fahey said after the first full day of the World Conference on Doping in Sport.
Tougher sanctions, more vigorous testing and an enhanced drive to catch drug cheats form the basis of some 2,000 changes to the code, set to be adopted at the end of the conference by some 1,000 delegates from government, civil bodies, sports associations and the International Olympic Committee.
It will be implemented from the start of 2015.
The draft code includes doubling the standard ban for serious doping offences and excluding offenders from the Olympic Games, although there was some objection to these plans from the speakers during Wednesday's deliberations.
"The overwhelming majority of athletes who made submissions left the impression they want a four-year, or more, ban for offenders. I can say there were only a few submissions that did not support tougher penalties and maybe some flexibility for those who unwittingly dope," said the WADA president.
"But I don't agree with a two-year ban," added Fahey, whose term ends next month.
WADA also said it was working with Jamaica on extensive improvements to their anti-doping policy in the wake of a reported breakdown in their testing procedures in recent years.
"We went to Jamaica at the invitation of the government to audit the process after media reports and we put an extensive report together for them," said WADA director general David Howman.
"We have met with the Jamaica sports minister (Natalie Neita Headley) and had a very positive response. We are now working with them to implement the recommendations. We are confident that Jamaica's issues will be resolved.'
Former world 100 metres record holder Asafa Powell, three-times Olympic gold medallist Veronica Campbell-Brown and Olympic relay gold medallist Sherone Simpson are among six Jamaican athletes who have tested positive for banned substances this year.

[Karl]

Good point, boss.

[Willi]

Yuh late…Mi a preach dis for months and only few ten notice.

Now USADA will be in charge of Jadco.

Dawg nyam wi supper.

Kiss Rio goodbye...

[Willi]

People tek note, dis man is IOC not WADA.

Be afraid, be very afraid!

[Islandman]

We will be in Rio Willi......but maybe not greeted with the fanfare that we deserve.

[Willi]

Yuh think the OP done yet?

Many a slip...we have been targetted for termination and they will not stop till wi ded!

The price of Freedom is eternal vigilance.

[Sir X]

That's the black mans burden pity our leaders can't grasp it and prepare for the PR war.