Jamaica Administrative Athletics Association’s (JAAA) president Warren Blake announced on Wednesday that the country has decided against submitting a bid after signalling its intention to do so, reports CMC.
Jamaica last hosted the World Junior Championships in 2002.
“It requires in excess of US$10 million (approximately 1 billion Jamaican dollars). The Government would have to issue a bond to cover that amount and with the IMF constraints it really was a non-starter,” said the JAAA president.
“It was really a preliminary wish of the association but after further discussions we decided not to put in a bid.”
The Russian city of Kazan was originally set to host the 2016 World Junior Championships.
However, the championships were shifted from Kazan following an-IAAF imposed ban on that country’s athletic federation.
In November, an independent committee of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) led by former president Dick Pound, released a report accusing the Russian Athletic Federation of several infractions including being involved in the state-sponsored doping of its athletes. (IANS)