Jamaican long jumper Carey McLeod banned for 2 years over whereabouts failures

Jamaican long jumper Carey McLeod, a two-time national champion and 2024 World Indoor Championships bronze medallist, has been handed a two-year ban from athletics after admitting to three whereabouts failures, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) says. 

McLeod, 28, accepted the sanction after the AIU found he breached Article 2.4 of the World Athletics Anti-Doping Rules, which relates to missed tests and filing failures by athletes in a registered testing pool.

He will be ineligible to compete until May 28, 2028, the AIU said a statement posted on Monday. 

The ban also includes disqualification of McLeod’s results from May 1, 2026, with forfeiture of any medals, points, prizes, and earnings.

The AIU is an independent body established by World Athletics, track and field’s governing body, to combat doping and ethical misconduct in the sport. 

The AIU recorded three whereabouts failures against McLeod spanning the period from June 30, 2025, to May 1, 2026, the combination of missed tests and filing failures required under World Athletics Anti-Doping Rules to constitute a violation.

The unit noted that the first failure occurred on June 30, 2025, when a Doping Control Officer was unable to locate McLeod at an address in St Andrew, Jamaica, during his designated 60-minute testing window between 5 a.m. and 6 a.m. 

It said McLeod did not respond to the AIU's request for an explanation and did not seek an administrative review.

The second failure was recorded on August 9, 2025, after McLeod filed inaccurate whereabouts information showing him in Arkansas, USA, while he was competing at the World Athletics Continental Tour event in Budapest, Hungary, on August 12, the AIU said. 

Again, McLeod did not respond to the AIU's request for explanation.

The third and final failure came on May 1, 2026, when a Doping Control Officer could not locate McLeod at a Clarendon address during his designated testing window, the statement said. 

On May 26, the same day the AIU confirmed that third failure, McLeod's attorney wrote to the AIU confirming the athlete did not dispute the decision and asked that it be recorded so the "case can move forward urgently."

Two days later, on May 28, McLeod signed and returned an admission of the anti-doping rule violation and accepted the consequences set out by the AIU, waiving his right to a hearing before the Disciplinary Tribunal, the AIU explained. 

In addition to the two-year suspension, all of McLeod's results from May 1, 2026, have been disqualified, including the forfeiture of any medals, titles, points, and prize money earned from that date.

The Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission and World Anti-Doping Agency both retain the right to appeal the decision to the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne, Switzerland.

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