June 20, 2014 USADA announced today that Jeremy Hicks of Houston, Texas, an athlete in the sport of track & field, has accepted a one-year suspension for committing an anti-doping rule violation due to his failure to properly file whereabouts information. Hicks, 27, is a member of the USADA National Testing Pool, which consists of…
June 11, 2014 USADA announced today that Nick Trojan, of Los Alamitos, Calif., an athlete in the sport of rowing, has tested positive for a prohibited substance and accepted a nine-month suspension for his offense. Trojan, 23, tested positive for Methylphenidate and its metabolite, Ritalinic Acid, as the result of an in-competition urine sample collected…
June 6, 2014 USADA announced today that Reginald Dixon of Jersey City, N.J., an athlete in the sport of track & field, has accepted a one-year suspension for committing an anti-doping rule violation due to his failure to properly file whereabouts information. Dixon, 25, is a member of the USADA National Testing Pool, which consists…
From May 27-31, 2014, the American College of Sports Medicine held its 61st annual meeting in Orlando Florida. USADA’s Science Director, Matthew Fedoruk was on hand to present a tutorial lecture, titled New Frontiers against Doping in Sport: Challenging the Omertà. Matt’s lecture covered important scientific topics including the biological passport, and changes that science…
June 4, 2014 In early 2014, anti-doping organizations were made aware that athletes may be using dangerous, highly toxic, and concentrated gases such as Xenon, in an attempt to enhance performance. No credible scientific studies have proven that Xenon is a safe or effective way to enhance performance by increasing Hypoxia-Inducible Factor (HIF) stability in…