March 5, 2010 In serving its mission to protect the integrity of competition, inspire a commitment to the core principles of true sport, and preserve the rights of U.S. athletes to compete healthy and clean, USADA works proactively through multiple programs, including: athlete and outreach education; out-of-competition, no-advance notice testing; in-competition testing; collaboration with law…
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March 3, 2010 USADA announced today that Val Barnwell, a Masters track and field athlete, has received a sanction for testing positive for a banned substance at the 2009 Masters World Championships in Lahti, Finland. Barnwell, 52, of Brooklyn, N.Y., tested positive for testosterone prohormones in a sample collected from him on August 3, 2009,…
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February 26, 2010 World Sports Law Report has responded to recent developments in anti-doping law and regulation by organizing Tackling Doping in Sport 2010. The timely event, hosted by sports law experts Hammonds LLP on February 24, 2010, brought together global leaders in anti-doping for an in-depth examination of the issues. A world-class speaker line-up,…
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February 5, 2010 The United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) announced today that Duane Ross, an athlete in the sport of track and field, has received a two-year suspension and disqualification of his athletic results, beginning November 2, 2001, for using banned performance enhancing drugs, including anabolic agents and hormones, in violation of International Association of…
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February 4, 2010 The Partnership for Clean Competition (PCC) – which aims to ensure integrity in sport by supporting high-quality, high-impact, novel research – is now accepting registrations for the first ever PCC Conference on Thursday, March 4, 2010, as well as pre- applications for its first round of 2010 grant funding. The PCC is…
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February 3, 2010 The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) and members of the Supplement Safety Now (www.SupplementSafetyNow.com) coalition today applauded Sen. John McCain for introducing legislation, the Dietary Supplement Safety Act of 2010, that would go a long way in protecting Americans from consuming tainted over-the-counter supplement products labelled as “healthy” but containing designer steroids and…
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February 2, 2010 WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ) and others will hold a press conference tomorrow to discuss legislation to improve the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) current regulations ensuring all dietary supplements sold over-the-counter, in retail stores and online are safe and effective. The legislation would require manufacturers of dietary supplements…
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February 1, 2010 The United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) today launched a public education video called “American Roulette” under its Supplement Safety Now (www.SupplementSafetyNow.com) initiative. In the brief video, Dr. Pieter A. Cohen of Harvard Medical School characterizes taking dietary supplements as playing American roulette based on his study of the issue. His findings were…
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January 29, 2010 The United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) announced today that Crystal Cox, an athlete in the sport of track and field, has accepted a four-year suspension and disqualification of her athletic results, beginning on November 3, 2001, for using anabolic agents and hormones over a period from 2001 through 2004 in violation of…
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January 28, 2010 The United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) announced today that Garfield Ellenwood, an athlete in the sport of track and field, has accepted a two-year suspension for violating the applicable sport anti-doping rules, including the International Association of Athletics Federations (“IAAF”) Rules and the World Anti-Doping Code (“Code”). Mr. Ellenwood’s anti-doping rule violation…
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