August 10, 2010 USADA announced today that cycling athlete Kenny Williams of Kenmore, Washington has committed a violation by competing during his two-year period of ineligibility received for a 2009 doping offense and has accepted an extension of his ineligibility period for the violation. Williams, 43, competed in the Seward Park racing series on April…
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August 9, 2010 USADA announced today that U.S. Paralympic Rugby athlete Joel Wilmoth, of Bessemer, Alabama, has received a two-year suspension for an anti-doping rule violation. Wilmoth, 21, refused to take part in a USADA Out-of-Competition doping control test on April 18, 2010. An athlete’s refusal to provide a sample when notified without compelling justification…
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August 2, 2010 USADA announced today that Zachary Monsees of San Jose, California, an athlete in the sport of water polo, has tested positive for a prohibited substance and accepted a suspension for his doping offense. Monsees, 25, tested positive for Carboxy THC, a metabolite of marijuana in the class of Cannabinoids, in a sample…
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July 29, 2010 The United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA), in partnership with Discovery Education, today announced the kick-off of the second year of the USADA True Sport Awards, promoting honesty, respect, teamwork, and healthy choices. The USADA True Sport Awards program encourages teachers, coaches, school administrators, and other youth program leaders to motivate young people…
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July 29, 2010 The United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA), in partnership with Discovery Education, today announced the kick-off of the second year of the USADA True Sport Awards, promoting honesty, respect, teamwork, and healthy choices. The USADA True Sport Awards program encourages teachers, coaches, school administrators, and other youth program leaders to motivate young people…
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July 21, 2010 USADA announced today that the independent American Arbitration Association/Court of Arbitration for Sport (AAA/CAS) has issued a written decision that Alberto Blanco, an athlete in the sport of cycling, committed a doping violation and will receive a two-year suspension for the offense. Blanco, 29, of San Mateo, California, provided a sample on…
DetailsJuly 16, 2010 USADA announced today that Matthew Devine, 34, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, an athlete in the sport of weightlifting, has tested positive for a prohibited substance and has accepted a suspension for his doping offense. A urine sample collected out-of-competition from Devine, on October 16, 2009, resulted in an Adverse Analytical Finding for…
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June 28, 2010 USADA announced today that Raymond Stewart, a coach in the sport of track and field, and four-time Olympic sprinter who competed for the country of Jamaica, has received a lifetime suspension in a decision by an independent American Arbitration Association (AAA) arbitrator. The suspension was imposed for Stewart’s participation in trafficking in…
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June 25, 2010 Gold Winners Recognized in Person for Outstanding Community Programs Gold award winning teachers, coaches and community leaders from USADA’s 2009-2010 True Sport Awards program gathered this week in Colorado Springs, CO, to be honored for their unique programs, and to participate in an education summit with USADA’s education team. The USADA True…
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June 21, 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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