JAMAICA'S IMAGE has taken a battering in Italy as a result of the positive dope tests of ace sprinter Asafa Powell and countrywoman Sherone Simpson, Italian consul to Jamaica, Carla Gullotta, told The Gleaner from her homeland.
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"It is serious, and I am so very sorry and concerned that this can somehow compromise the beautiful image of Jamaican athletes, and Jamaica, in front of the whole world," Gullotta said.
She said that Italian newspapers have been carrying articles which indicate that the positive tests have been seen as disheartening and pitiful.
"Their wins and their talents were looked at as something new happening in the scenario of sports. People are very sorry and they hope it is not true," Gullotta said.
She said focus has been turned on the world's fastest man, Usain Bolt, "praying that he is not involved in the same thing because they say Bolt represents something for Jamaica, something for the rest of the world". Read More...
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