The Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission (JADCO) has promised that operational changes will be implemented in the future, “to ensure the testing of record-breaking athletes despite the frequency of testing”.

The commission’s declaration comes a day after the Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA) sought to cast blame on the organisation, for an administrative error which led to the World Athletics rejecting the ratification of the world record clocked by Jamaica’s under-20 girls’ 4x100m relay team at the Carifta Games in April.

In a release on Wednesday (June 1), JAAA said JADCO acted “in direct contradiction” to its instructions when the local anti-doping organisation failed to test one of the athletes (Tina Clayton) after the world-record performance.

In response, JADCO, in a statement made earlier today, noted: “The Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission has recognised that World Athletics has declined to accept the result of the record-breaking performance of Jamaica’s Women’s U20 4x100m relay team on April 17, 2022, since one of the athletes previously tested by JADCO on April 16, 2022, was not tested on the day the record was broken.”

“It is customary and in JADCO’s Best Practice in-competition that if an athlete is tested today in competition, the said athlete would not be tested the following day in-competition, ” stated JADCO.

The local anti-doping organisation informed that, while its testing conforms with the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) protocols, “going forward JADCO will ensure the testing of record-breaking athletes despite the frequency of testing”.