June 5, 2003 USADA is informed by an anonymous telephone caller that the undetectable designer steroid was being distributed to athletes by an individual named Victor Conte of Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative (“BALCO”). June 6, 2003 USADA receives an overnight delivery from the caller containing a syringe with an unknown clear liquid substance. USADA send…
Dec. 7, 2005 The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) performed a total of 1,901 doping control tests in the third quarter (July 1-Sept. 30) of 2005, including 1,750 domestic tests on behalf of the U.S. Olympic Committee (USOC). Out-of-Competition (OOC) testing, which typically occurs at the athlete’s training facility or other location, consists of tests performed…
December 6, 2005 Evelyn Ashford, a rare five-time U.S. Olympian (1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992) who collected three consecutive gold medals in the 4x100m relay, leads the distinguished Class of 2006 that will be inducted into the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame Presented by Allstate during a December 8 ceremony at Chicago’s Harris Theatre. In…