KINGSTON, Jamaica — Olympic medallists Roje Stona and Rajindra Campbell are reported to have switched allegiances to Turkiye after being lured by attractive financial remunerations.

This is according to media reports, which quoted senior Turkish track and field officials on Thursday.

Roje Stona, who failed in his attempt to transition to play in the National Football League, broke the Olympic Games men’s discus throw record with 70.00m in Paris last year, while Campbell won the bronze medal in the men’s shot put.

It was the first time that any Jamaican athlete had won a medal in those events at the Olympic Games.

They will join sprinters Jacques Harvey and Winston Barnes as Jamaican athletes who have switched allegiances to the Middle Eastern country.

Harvey, who changed his name to Jak Ali Harvey, is the joint national record holder in the 100m with 9.92 seconds and joined Barnes, who changed his name to Emre Zafer Barnes, as part of the team that set the national 4x100m record of 37.98 seconds.

— Paul Reid