The five athletes who tested positive for banned substances at the recent Jamaica Trials is still unknown. In fact, the names of all the athletes is yet to be confirmed. Some say this has marred the name of Jamaican athletics, but I say differently. For me, it shows that our anti-doping commission, JADCO is doing its jobs. We have seen in the past where other such bodies have failed. Case in point is Carl Lewis, who has now admitted to taking banned substances in 1988, where he failed 3 drug tests. It is ironic in that case that he was not banned by the relelvant authorities but was allowed to go on and win 3 gold medals. At the time, he was constantly complaining that Canadian, Ben Johnson was on drugs. It now turns out that both of them were taking banned substances. There have also been other athletes like Flo Jo, who died a couple years ago, who ran times that seem super human, who may have been excused by those said authorities. Mr. Lewis in recent time has been criticising Usain Bolt, saying that he is not sure whether he is running clean. Even though Mr. Bolt has never failed a drug test, and has a history of outstanding performances from his junior years.

What is clear to me is that JADCO is not hiding any athletes who may fail drug tests. I would hope that other authorities would do the same. Apart from Jamaica, there have been no other positive drug tests worldwide, which to me seems very 'fishy'. We know that there are alot of designer drugs which may be untraceable, but we also know that the WADA has been monitoring alot of these new drugs. Whatever happens, by the end of today we should know the fate of these athletes, as JADCO is set to make a ruling on the matter......