MIAMI. The Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission (JADCO) has hit back at allegations of poor administration and a lack of controls by a former official, but conceded it had conducted less tests in recent years due to a lack of “resources”.
MIAMI. The Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission (JADCO) has hit back at allegations of poor administration and a lack of controls by a former official, but conceded it had conducted less tests in recent years due to a lack of "resources”.Renee Anne Shirley, a former senior advisor to Jamaica’s sports minister and briefly JADCO’s executive director until earlier this year, wrote of "troubling” facts about JADCO’s work in a critical article in Sports Illustrated this week.Shirley said that between February 2012 and the start of the London Olympics in July, JADCO carried out just one out-of-competition test.The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) issued a statement on Thursday urging JADCO to respond "urgently and appropriately” to Shirley’s comments, which have followed a string of positive doping tests returned by Jamaican athletes in recent months.JADCO said its procedures and processes were "in keeping with international standards” in a statement issued on Thursday.