Tweet
MOSIAH, please take note of the highlighted line.
By Delonge, TrackAlerts.com
KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Jamaican athletes’ who tested positive at the National Championships held in June for a supposedly banned stimulant, safety have been threatened.
All five are scheduled to have their cases for doping violations heard today (Aug 3), but the location has been kept a secret by the relevant authorities.
A source close to the action told Trackalerts that the athletes received threats from track & field fans, but could not confirm if they were death threats.
When contacted, chairman of Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission’s (JADCO) nine-member disciplinary committee Kent Gammon confirmed the location as ‘being kept private’.
“We kept it private because of the athletes’ safety,” was all Gammon would say.
Jamaica is a nation that takes pride in it’s sporting integrity. Throughout the years and throughout all the brilliant performances turned in by Jamaican athletes over those years, including legends dating back to Herb Mckinley and Merlene Ottey, Jamaica has had a staggering low percentage of positive drug cases.
There is no end to the testing of athletes like Asafa Powell and Usain Bolt and at one point in Beijing it was so overdone, that Powell issued a statement saying, "They are drawing so much blood from us, it will be a miracle if we can still perform".
To say Jamaican athletes are targeted by the World Anti Doping Assoc. is an understatement. Track legends like Carl Lewis often ponders out loud, "How can all the best sprinters in the world come from such a small island". The retort, although done jokingly but still has a lot of merit is, "It’s in the ground food".
German scientists even did studies on Jamaica’s yellow yam and found out it’s complex nature has a molecular structure that mimics steroids.
The track world eagerly awaits today’s decision of the five Jamaicans who are embroiled in this case. Word has been circulating that it is a substance that isn’t on the IAAF’s banned list and it is not a performance enhancer. As a matter of fact, the drug which falls in the category of being a Methylxanthine, is said to promote lethargy if ingested in large doses, which hinders athletic performances instead of aiding it.
The world curiously awaits, whilst Jamaicans are praying and hoping that their four sons and daughter are vindicated of all charges today so that they can head to Berlin and make the nation proud again.
By Delonge, TrackAlerts.com
KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Jamaican athletes’ who tested positive at the National Championships held in June for a supposedly banned stimulant, safety have been threatened.
All five are scheduled to have their cases for doping violations heard today (Aug 3), but the location has been kept a secret by the relevant authorities.
A source close to the action told Trackalerts that the athletes received threats from track & field fans, but could not confirm if they were death threats.
When contacted, chairman of Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission’s (JADCO) nine-member disciplinary committee Kent Gammon confirmed the location as ‘being kept private’.
“We kept it private because of the athletes’ safety,” was all Gammon would say.
Jamaica is a nation that takes pride in it’s sporting integrity. Throughout the years and throughout all the brilliant performances turned in by Jamaican athletes over those years, including legends dating back to Herb Mckinley and Merlene Ottey, Jamaica has had a staggering low percentage of positive drug cases.
There is no end to the testing of athletes like Asafa Powell and Usain Bolt and at one point in Beijing it was so overdone, that Powell issued a statement saying, "They are drawing so much blood from us, it will be a miracle if we can still perform".
To say Jamaican athletes are targeted by the World Anti Doping Assoc. is an understatement. Track legends like Carl Lewis often ponders out loud, "How can all the best sprinters in the world come from such a small island". The retort, although done jokingly but still has a lot of merit is, "It’s in the ground food".
German scientists even did studies on Jamaica’s yellow yam and found out it’s complex nature has a molecular structure that mimics steroids.
The track world eagerly awaits today’s decision of the five Jamaicans who are embroiled in this case. Word has been circulating that it is a substance that isn’t on the IAAF’s banned list and it is not a performance enhancer. As a matter of fact, the drug which falls in the category of being a Methylxanthine, is said to promote lethargy if ingested in large doses, which hinders athletic performances instead of aiding it.
The world curiously awaits, whilst Jamaicans are praying and hoping that their four sons and daughter are vindicated of all charges today so that they can head to Berlin and make the nation proud again.
Paul Marin -19 is one thing, 20 is a whole other matter. It gets even worse if they win the UCL. *groan*. 
05/18/2011.MU fans naah cough, but all a unuh a vomit?-Lazie 1/11/2015
Comment