Two Jamaican members in 2008 Olympic track team involved in steroid anomaly according to Sports Illustrated (SI), the website of a popular American Magazine. Hurdlers Delorin Ennis-London and Adrian Findlay are said to receive deliveries of performance-enhancing drugs, which were ordered from the Internet according to the documents acquired by SI.

SI’s collected documents show that Ennis-London received two deliveries of Somatropin (Human Growth Hormone) and one delivery of Triest (Estrogen) in late 2006 and early 2007. These performance-enhancing drugs were shipped at a Texas address tracing to Ennis-London. The indicated birth date on the document also matches to the athlete although the document shows a male recipient. Another document obtained by the SI shows that a delivery of Testosterone, Oxandrolone, and Testosterone Aqueous were also sent to the substitute in 400-meter hurdles on the Jamaican Olympic team, Findlay, in November 2006. The drugs were delivered to a North Carolina address tracing Findlay. Similarly, the birth date indicated on the documents also matches to the athlete.

In the report made by CNN network site, SI were said to make several attempts to contact Ennis-London through different links but organizations and even family members were unsuccessful. The sole person that was successfully contacted after sometime was Ennis-London husband, Lincoln. He explained that his wife was unreachable because she was racing in Switzerland at that time. However, he confirmed that she really ordered the drugs in late 2006 after she consulted a medical doctor over the phone for the vaginal hemorrhage she was experiencing. He explained that the shipment came when she was away for a competition so she was not able to open the delivery. He also explained that the 2007 package were not actually ordered and was also never opened.

Ennis-London clarified the matter by herself through Jamaica Gleaner News Online. She affirmed what was explained by her husband. She said her local doctor was not able to find a solution for the female disorder she was experiencing so she looked for an alternative opinion. She also added that she had explained to the medical doctor whom she consulted over the phone about the strict guidelines she is following in ingesting drugs; but the medical doctor assured her that the medicine was legal and safe so she bought the product.
Findlay similarly denied the allegations of his involvement to the use of performance-enhancement drugs by saying: “I’ve been running stable all my life.” “Trust me, I don’t use steroids. I guarantee you it wasn’t mine and I didn’t order it. I have a theory how it was sent,” he said defensively to SI.

Both Ennis-London and Findlay are not yet winning any medal from Beijing; however, their anomalies will still bring an impact to the success acquired by the entire Jamaican track team. In fact, their stories can pose a question to the Jamaican’s star, Usain Bolt. It is a common mindset for people to review the credibility of one according to his colleagues. Now, knowing that these two Jamaicans were tied to steroids, some may also be thinking that Bolt may have also done the same. Whether this notion is fair or not, Bolt will surely be disturbed by this and he should prepare good answers to counter the doubt.

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