The man who brought down American cyclist Lance Armstrong has been recruited by the World Anti-Doping Agency to tackle Jamaica’s drug testing woes.

Travis Tygart, the former chief executive of the United States Anti-Doping Agency, has accepted the challenge of making the anti-doping regime of the world’s leading sprint nation more robust.

USADA tried to do the same four years ago, only for Jamaica to snub its efforts, but the stakes are much higher this time, with the island having been hit by a flurry of failed drug tests.

Posted by Wayde Brown on 13/11/2013 at 9:03pm