media_artricles :: 2015

Jamaican athletes want to run for another country

Olympic silver medallist Shericka Williams is among three Jamaican athletes who are seeking to compete for the oil rich country of Bahrain. The Jamaica Administrative Athletics Association (JAAA) has confirmed that it has received applications seeking a change of allegiance from Williams, Kemarley Brown and Andrew Fisher.

Brown, a sprinter, won silver at the just concluded World University Games, while Andrew Fisher was fifth at the National trials in June in the 100 metres and was in line to represent Jamaica in the men’s sprint relay pool at next month’s World Championships.

Williams qualified for the women’s 400 metre final at the National trials in June, but did not show for the final. JAAA’s general secretary Garth Gayle says the release of the athletes was approved and that document has been sent to the IAAF for approval.

The three Jamaican athletes will have to wait a year from the date of approval before they can represent their new country, once the IAAF approves the switch.

Jamaican sprinter Jacques Harvey recently started to compete for his new country Turkey under the name Jak Ali Harvey, while his countryman, quarter miler Brandon Simpson made a similar switch and represented Bahrain.

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