Ayodele Taffe has been included in the T&T team for the Youth Olympics in Singapore to be held in August. Taffe, who is the fourth athlete to be named, has been selected to run in the 100 metres. He was a member of Boys Under-17 4x100 relay team that won the bronze medal at the Carifta Games in Cayman Islands in April.
Initially three athletes were identified by the National Association of Athletic Administration (NAAA) but according to NAAA president Ephraime Serrette, Taffe's name was listed under another country. Serrette added that his association did pick up on the error until the IAAF issued a list of all the qualifiers from the American region that the mistake was identified.
Taffe will now join Darvin Sandy, who will run the 200m, Kernisha Spann, who will contest the Girls 400m and Gabriela Cumberbatch in the Girls 400m hurdles. Sandy, Spann and Cumberbatch all won gold medals at the Carifta Games.