World Athletics slams brakes on transfer of Jamaicans and other athletes to Trkiye

and the orchestrated government involved transfer of nationality for track and field athletes from several countries including Jamaica, Good.

https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/sports/20260416/world-athletics-slams-brakes-transfer-jamaicans-and-other-athletes-turkiye

A major setback has been dealt to Jamaica’s quartet of elite field athletes as World Athletics has blocked their proposed switch to Türkiye, ruling the move part of a coordinated recruitment strategy.

The decision, handed down by the organisation’s Nationality Review Panel, also affects seven other athletes from Kenya, Nigeria, and Russia, and effectively halts what it described as a state-backed effort by Türkiye to recruit top international talent ahead of the 2028 Summer Olympics.

Among those impacted are Jamaicans Rajindra Campbell, Jaydon Hibbert, Wayne Pinnock, and Rojé Stona, all of whom had been in advanced stages of transferring allegiance after reportedly accepting lucrative offers to compete for the European nation.