December 20, 2007 The United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) announced today that a three-member panel from the American Arbitration Association/North American Court of Arbitration for Sport (AAA/CAS) has dismissed doping charges brought against LaTasha Jenkins of Raleigh, North Carolina, an athlete in the sport of track and field. The arbitration panel found that the testing…
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November 20, 2007 The United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) announced today that Jared Bunde of Brooklyn, New York, an athlete in the sport of cycling, accepted a two-year suspension after testing positive for a prohibited substance. Bunde, 31, tested positive for clomiphene July 28, 2007 at the Point Premium Root Beer International Cycling Classic. Clomiphene…
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November 12, 2007 The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) performed a total of 1,946 doping control tests in the third quarter (July 1- September 30) of 2007, including 1,825 domestic tests. Out-of-Competition (OOC) testing, widely considered to be the most effective method of deterrence, comprised 65.4 percent (1,194) of USADA’s third-quarter domestic tests. The 631 In-Competition…
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November 7, 2007 The United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) announced today that Jeffrey Alan Stark of Olympia, Washington, an athlete in the sport of racquetball, received a two-year suspension for an anti-doping rules violation. Stark, 38, refused to take part in a USADA Out-of-Competition doping control test on August 25, 2007. Under the rules of…
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October 25, 2007 “Oxygen Transport and Energy Production” is the topic for the 6th Annual USADA Symposium on Anti-Doping Science, which will be hosted by the United States Anti-Doping Agency October 26-28 in Dallas, Texas. Approximately 75 scientists, laboratory directors and sports administrators from nearly 30 countries are expected to participate in the event. “Since…
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October 11, 2007 The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) announced today the election of three-time Olympian Carl Swenson (Salt Lake City, Utah) to the USADA Board of Directors. Swenson, who competed in cross country skiing at the 1994, 2002 and 2006 Olympic Winter Games, will serve as an athlete member on the 10-person board. An eleven-time…
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October 8, 2007 The United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) announced today that Marion Jones of Austin, Texas, has accepted a two-year period of ineligibility after admitting to the use of a prohibited substance. Additionally, today Jones voluntarily relinquished to USADA and the United States Olympic Committee her five Olympic medals won at the 2000 Sydney…
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October 1, 2007 The United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) announced today that Nathan Piasecki of Aurora, Ill., a 25-year-old athlete in the sport of wrestling, received a two-year suspension for a doping violation. The period of ineligibility was determined by an arbitrator following a hearing before the American Arbitration Association (AAA)/North American Court of Arbitration…
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September 26, 2007 William Bock III is the new General Counsel for the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA). Bock has served as an outside counsel to USADA over the past seven years and has substantial experience in athletic drug testing matters. “Bill shares our commitment to protecting the rights of America’s clean athletes to compete…
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September 20, 2007 The United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) announced today that an independent arbitration panel issued its written decision finding that Floyd Landis of Murrieta, Calif., committed a doping violation during the 2006 Tour de France. Following a nine-day evidentiary hearing and a lengthy post-hearing review of all the evidence and testimony submitted, the…
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