August 24, 2018 USADA announced today that Emily Malinowski, of Elmwood Park, Ill., an athlete in the sport of weightlifting, has tested positive for a prohibited substance and accepted a four-year sanction for her violation. This sanction was subsequently reduced by three-months at the discretion of USADA and the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), and in…
DetailsAugust 24, 2018 USADA announced today that Demi Payne, of Nacogdoches, Texas, an athlete in the sport of track and field, has tested positive for a prohibited substance and accepted a four-year sanction for her violation. Payne, 26, tested positive for drostanolone and its metabolite, 2α-methyl-5α-androstan-3α-ol-17-one, as the result of an in-competition urine sample she…
DetailsAugust 22, 2018 USADA announced today that Joshua Gaskins, of Columbia, Mo., an athlete in the sport of weightlifting, has received a two-year sanction for an anti-doping rule violation. Gaskins, 25, tested positive for the presence of an anabolic agent and/or its metabolites as the result of an in-competition urine sample he provided at the…
DetailsAugust 21, 2018 USADA announced today that Logan Boss, of Starkville, Miss., an athlete in the sport of track and field, has accepted a six-month sanction for her second anti-doping rule violation. Boss, 21, tested positive for canrenone as the result of an in-competition urine sample she provided on June 23, 2018, at the USA…
DetailsAugust 20, 2018 TrueSport®, a positive youth sports movement powered by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA), is excited to announce the release of a new resource to help parents and athletes make healthy choices when it comes to nutrition and dietary supplements. “We all struggle to sort through truth and marketing gimmicks when it comes…
DetailsAugust 15, 2018 USADA announced today that Daniel Frazier, of Mattawan, Mich., an athlete in the sport of cycling, has accepted a one-year sanction for an anti-doping rule violation. Frazier was subject to testing due to his membership in USA Cycling, which maintains the RaceClean Program that works to fight doping in the sport of…
DetailsAugust 13, 2018 USADA announced today that Charles Ssekyaaya, of Crystal, Minn., an athlete in the sport of weightlifting, has accepted a nine-month sanction for an anti-doping rule violation. Ssekyaaya, 24, tested positive for 1,3-dimethylbutylamine (DMBA) as a result of an in-competition urine sample he provided on March 24, 2018, at the Minnesota LWC Championships.…
DetailsAugust 8, 2018 USADA announced today that Anthony Ferraro, of Spring Lake, N.J., an athlete in the sport of Paralympic Judo, has accepted a six-month sanction for an anti-doping rule violation. Ferraro, 23, tested positive for Carboxy-Tetrahydrocannabinol (Carboxy-THC), the pharmacologically-active metabolite of marijuana and/or hashish, above the decision limit of 180 ng/mL, as a result…
DetailsAugust 7, 2018 Nearly 900 elite athletes from USADA’s Registered Testing Pool (RTP) helped contribute to the largest study conducted to date on the attitudes and perceptions of athletes on doping and anti-doping efforts. Results of the comprehensive analysis, featuring nearly 100 questions around athlete attitudes about fairness and clean competition, perceptions about USADA, and…
DetailsAugust 1, 2018 USADA announced today that Bruce Mazur, of Santa Fe, N.M., an athlete in the sport of cycling, has received a four-year sanction for an anti-doping rule violation. Mazur was subject to testing due to his membership in USA Cycling, which maintains the RaceClean Program that works to fight doping in the sport…
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