Leg­endary Trinida­di­an sprint­er Ato Boldon be­lieves that if Ja­maica does not do more to as­sist its pro­fes­sion­al ath­letes, they will lose them to coun­tries which are will­ing to of­fer them lu­cra­tive con­tracts to switch al­le­giance.

His com­ments have come fol­low­ing re­cent re­ports that four of its pre­mier ath­letes; dis­cus throw­er Ro­je Stona, long jumper Wayne Pin­nock, shot put­ter Ra­jin­dra Camp­bell and World Un­der-20 triple jump record hold­er Jay­don Hi­b­bert, were in the process of com­plet­ing a move to Türkiye.

Ac­cord­ing to re­ports, Türkiye is of­fer­ing a US$500,000 sign­ing bonus, month­ly stipends, and six-fig­ure in­cen­tives for podi­um fin­ish­es at ma­jor cham­pi­onships.