Irish Amateur Swimming Association the national championship held in 1990 at the Guinness Pool. By the turn of the millennium Ireland still did not have an Olympic-sized pool placing any swimmer training here at an enormous disadvantage at international competition. At the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta Michelle Smith became Ireland's first Olympic medalist in swimming - winning three golds and a bronze. A shadow was cast over these medals when subsequently in 1998 she was banned for 4 years from the sport for tampering with a urine sample using alcohol, during a mandatory out of competition test. In the late 1990s various abuse
Athletics in Jamaica training there, including triple Olympic champion Usain Bolt, under the tutelage of Jamaican Sprint Guru Glen Mills. Mills has recently set up a new club in Jamaica called the Racers Track Club, which has athletes such as Usain Bolt and Daniel Bailey from Antigua. On 13 October 2013, Usain Bolt's coach, Glen Mills, defended Usain Bolt and other Jamaican sprinters from an investigation by the World Anti Doping Agency and allegations that the Jamaican anti-doping program was insufficient, stating that the sprinters were being unfairly targeted due to their dominance in the sport. Mills stated that the agency was "targeting