The Al Jazeera investigation raises questions about whether sports heroes are linked to performance-enhancing drugs, the investigation/documentary also bring Bermuda’s rival The Bahamas into the fold.
The documentary, titled “The Dark Side”, featured British hurdler Liam Collins traveling to various countries, including The Bahamas.
While in the Bahamas, Collins, equipped with a hidden microphone and camera, met with two Bahamian doctors and asked for performance enhancing drugs (PEDs).
The first doctor Collins met with told him that he “doesn’t do the banned stuff anymore” and referred him to another doctor.
During his meeting with the second doctor, Collins asked for PEDs, which the physician claimed he can get.
When Collins asked if he had any Gold Medals to his name, the doctor said that three of the Golden Girls were patients of his, but he said he only provided them with traditional medications.
The Bahamian doctors named in an Al Jazeera documentary on doping in sports have brought the country’s athletics program into question and must publicly address the matter, former Bahamas Minister of Sports Neville Wisdom said.
“Based on what they said on camera, they would have to answer to some authority,” he said when called for comment.
“If they are innocent, they need to indicate their innocence and try to assist as best they can to take this stain off the Bahamian athletic program.
“The doctors, through their public pronouncements, have brought the country’s athletics program into question, and they need to do everything that they can to have the matter clarified.
