October 6, 2011 USADA announced today that, Roger Hernandez, of Miami, Fla., an athlete in the sport of cycling, has accepted a two-year suspension for an anti-doping rule violation based on his refusal to submit to a sample collection. Hernandez, 45, refused to take part in an In-Competition doping control test on July 29, 2011…
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September 30, 2011 USADA announced today that Stephen Craig Shumaker of Glenmoore, Pennsylvania, an athlete in the sport of track and field, has tested positive for a prohibited substance and accepted a suspension for his doping offense. Laboratory analysis of a sample provided by Shumaker, 63, at the 2011 USA Masters Track & Field Championships,…
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September 21, 2011 USADA Athlete Ambassador to share messages of integrity, respect, determination and ethical choices. Olympic Gold Medalist and U.S. Track and Field athlete, DeeDee Trotter, is set to speak to the students and staff of two Pikes Peak region schools this Friday, September 23, 2011. Manitou Springs High School, in Manitou Springs and…
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September 19, 2011 The United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA), in partnership with Discovery Education, today announced the start of the third annual USADA True Sport Awards Program, and is now accepting program submissions from teachers, coaches, community leaders, students and school districts. The USADA True Sport Awards program encourages these youth-influencer groups to propose and…
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September 15, 2011 The Partnership for Clean Competition, a nonprofit grant making organization that aims to ensure integrity in sport by funding high-quality and innovative anti-doping research, announced today that it will hold a conference titled: “The Doping Decision: Deterring Doping in Sport” on Dec. 1 at the NFL’s new offices in New York City.…
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August 19, 2011 Michael Rodgers, an athlete in the sport of track and field, who tested positive for the prohibited stimulant methylhexaneamine at the 2011 Sport e Solidarieta in Lignano Sabbiador, Italy in July, accepted a provisional suspension today and voluntarily withdrew himself from the 2011 IAAF World Championships set to take place in Daegu,…
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August 12, 2011 USADA announced today that David Clinger, 34, of Murray, Utah, an athlete in the sport of cycling, has accepted a sanction for his second doping offense. This offense is the result of an adverse analytical finding for the anabolic agent, clenbuterol, in an out-of-competition sample collected on June 29, 2011 while Clinger…
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July 22, 2011 USADA announced today that Amy Dodson of Sahurita, Ariz., an athlete in the sport of track and field, has tested positive for a prohibited substance and has accepted a suspension for her offense. Two urine samples collected after the PF Chang’s Rock and Roll Marathon 50k, resulted in an Adverse Analytical Finding…
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July 18, 2011 USADA announced today that Matthew Brown of Idalou, Texas, an athlete in the sport of Paralympic track and field, has tested positive for a prohibited substance and accepted a suspension for his doping offense. Brown, 35, tested positive for tetrahydrocannabinol acid, a marijuana metabolite in the class of Cannabinoids, in a sample…
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July 15, 2011 USADA announced today that Joshua Webster of San Dimas, California, an athlete in the sport of cycling, has tested positive for prohibited substances and accepted a suspension for his doping offense. Webster, 38, tested positive for multiple banned stimulants as a result of a sample collected at the Tulsa Tough competition, on…
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