Clunis seeks funding to keep Olympic dream alive

It is a race against time for Jamaican hammer thrower Nayoka Clunis as she is now seeking funding to bring her case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) following a dismissal of her appeal by the CAS Ad Hoc division.

In a statement released today, it was ruled her case "could not be entertained" because it was filed "outside of the jurisdiction of the ad hoc division”.

In response, Clunis posted on her social media pages her intentions to raise funds to bring her matter to CAS.

“I need to file a case to regular [CAS] because CAS Ad Hoc doesn't have jurisdiction, CAS does. This can easily be remedied if I had money but I'm broke so here I am asking for help pro bono to get this sorted,” she posted on X (formerly Twitter).

“If anyone on here want to pay for my legal fees to file a motion to regular CAS to get this sorted I'd appreciate you as I have no funding to push this forward,” she wrote in another post.

Clunis said persons could contribute to her efforts through her GoFundMe page.

Clunis finished among the top 32 athletes in her event, earning a place at the Olympics. However, an administrative error by the JAAA, where her name was not submitted to World Athletics, meant her slot was filled.

Clunis' GoFundMe link:  https://gofund.me/a42779ad

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