Jamaica's former 100 metres world record holder Asafa Powell leaves a conference center, after a panel was chosen to investigate his positive test for the banned stimulant oxilofrine in last June's national championships, in Kingston September 6, 2013. REUTERS/Gilbert Bellamy
(Reuters) - World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) chief John Fahey has slammed Jamaican authorities for failing to accommodate an independent audit of their anti-doping regime until next year.
WADA said last week Jamaican prime minister Portia Simpson-Miller had invited a special team to inspect the country's anti-doping authority but the global body was "unhappy" the visit could not be arranged this year in the wake of a string of drugs offences involving local athletes.
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