USADA announced today that Jayden Edwards, of Willoughby, Ohio, an athlete in the sport of powerlifting, has accepted a three-year period of ineligibility for an anti-doping rule violation after testing positive for multiple prohibited substances.
“As this case shows, testing continues to play a vital role in our ability to identify doping and ensure accountability when athletes choose to break the rules,” said USADA CEO Travis T. Tygart. “The full force of the rules has to apply to deter doping and ensure clean athletes rights are upheld.”
Edwards, 23, tested positive for clomiphene as the result of a urine sample collected at the 2025 Powerlifting America Classic Open Nationals on April 6, 2025. He also tested positive for clomiphene and a metabolite of clomiphene ((z)-3′-hydroxyclomiphene), along with the main drostanolone metabolite (3α-hydroxy-2α-methyl-5α-androstan-17-one) as the result of a second urine sample collected out of competition shortly after he was tested at the April 6 event. Edwards’s two positive test results were considered a single violation and not multiple violations because he had not yet been notified of the first positive test at the time he submitted his second sample.
Drostanolone and its metabolites are non–Specified Substances in the class of Anabolic Agents and Clomiphene and its metabolites are Specified Substances in the class of Hormone and Metabolic Modulators. All of these substances are prohibited at all times under the USADA Protocol for Olympic and Paralympic Movement Testing, the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee National Anti-Doping Policy, and the International Powerlifting Federation Anti-Doping Rules, all of which have adopted the World Anti-Doping Code and the World Anti-Doping Agency Prohibited List.
Under Article 10.8.1 of the Code, an athlete who faces an anti-doping rule violation that carries a period of ineligibility of four or more years may receive a one-year sanction reduction if the athlete admits the violation and accepts the asserted sanction within 20 days of being charged with an anti-doping rule violation. Per the rule, Edwards qualified for a one-year reduction to the otherwise applicable four-year period of ineligibility.
Edwards’s three-year period of ineligibility began on April 28, 2025, the date his provisional suspension was imposed. In addition, Edwards has been disqualified from all competitive results obtained on and subsequent to April 6, 2025, the date his first positive sample was collected, including forfeiture of any medals, points and prizes.
In an effort to aid athletes, as well as support team members such as parents and coaches, in understanding the rules applicable to them, USADA provides comprehensive instruction on its website on the testing process and prohibited substances, how to file and update athlete Whereabouts, how to obtain permission to use a necessary medication, and the risks and dangers of taking supplements, as well as performance-enhancing and recreational drugs.
In addition, USADA manages a drug reference hotline, Global Drug Reference Online (GlobalDRO.com), conducts educational sessions with National Governing Bodies and their athletes, and distributes a multitude of educational materials, such as a supplement guide, a nutrition guide, a clean sport handbook, and periodic alerts and advisories.
USADA makes available a number of ways to report the abuse of performance-enhancing drugs in sport in an effort to protect clean athletes and promote clean competition. Any tip can be reported using the USADA Play Clean Tip Center, by text at 87232 (“USADA”), by email at playclean@USADA.org, by phone at 1-877-Play Clean (1-877-752-9253) or by mail.
USADA is responsible for the testing and results management process for athletes in the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Movement and is equally dedicated to preserving the integrity of sport through research initiatives and educational programs.
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