Results: ostarine

15/06/2021

Have you heard of Nandrolone?

Is it conceivable that a top athletics Coach and experienced athlete have never heard of nandrolone? Shelby Houlihan, 28, the US record holder at 1,500m and 5,000m and her Coach, Jerry Schumacher, claimed never to have heard of it in statements (here and here) confirming a four year ban...

03/06/2021

Athletes sanctioned for low levels of diuretics can apply for ban elimination

Athletes who tested positive for low levels of six diuretics can apply for the elimination of bans, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has confirmed. Under Technical Letter 24, which came into force on 1 June, positive tests for acetazolamide, bumetanide, furosemide, hydrochlorothiazide, torasemide, and triamterene should not be treated...

04/05/2021

UCI statement concerning Matteo Spreafico

The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) announces that the Italian rider Matteo Spreafico has been sanctioned with a period of ineligibility of three years following an Anti-Doping Rule Violation (ADRV) for the presence of Enobosarm (Ostarine) in two samples collected during the Giro d’Italia 2020 on 15 and 16 October...

19/04/2021

UCI statement concerning UCI ProTeam Vini Zabù

The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) announces that the UCI Disciplinary Commission has decided to suspend the UCI ProTeam Vini Zabù for a period of 30 days, starting retroactively on 7 April 2021 and effective until 6 May 2021, in accordance with article 11.3 of the UCI Anti-Doping Rules. The UCI Anti-Doping...

12/04/2021

UKAD accused of failures in supplements case

UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) has been accused of procedural failures in a 2015 doping case, in which Gareth Warburton and Rhys Williams were given reduced sanctions. An investigation for the Mail on Sunday reveals different results from separate tests in the same laboratory on the same batch of supplements used by the...

30/03/2021

UCI statement on Matteo De Bonis and UCI ProTeam Vini Zabu’

The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) announces that the Italian rider Matteo De Bonis was notified of an Adverse Analytical Finding (AAF) for Erythropoietin (EPO) in a sample collected during an out-of-competition control held on 16 February 2021. This target doping control was planned and carried out by the International Testing...

22/02/2021

Sports Integrity Briefs – 22 February 2021

• Rossano Basso, the Coordinator General of the Italian Bodybulding Association (WABBA World), has been sanctioned with a ten year ban, Italy’s anti-doping agency (NADO Italia) has confirmed. Basso was sanctioned for possession of a prohibited substance with intent to supply it to athletes; and for attempting to supply...

22/01/2021

Athletes & reality TV stars encompassed in three Italian investigations

NADO Italia has announced sanctions on people involved in three criminal investigations that encompass a reality TV show; a cycling team; and an illegal drugs network. The first investigation involved Temptation Island, a popular TV show that airs on Canale 5. In 2017, the UK’s Advisory Council on the...

22/01/2021

Sports Integrity Briefs – 22 January 2021

• Dr. Mark Schmidt was sentenced to four years and ten months in prison by a court in Munich, reports AFP. The German doctor was found to have operated a blood doping ring as a result of the Operation Aderlass investigation by Austrian and German police, which began in...

31/12/2020

US pro sport sanction issue highlights WADA politics

A two game suspension reportedly issued to Luke Gifford of Dallas Cowboys has once again highlighted differences between the World Anti-Doping Code and the anti-doping programmes of the US professional leagues. The argument that has broken out between the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and the US over differing sanctions...

16/12/2020

Weightlifting Athlete Susanne Williams Accepts Sanction for ADRV

USADA announced today that Susanne Williams, of Fort Valley, Ga., an athlete in the sport of weightlifting, has accepted a four-year suspension for an anti-doping rule violation. Williams, 51, tested positive for ostarine as the result of an in-competition drug test collected on September 18, 2020 at the American Open...

Features 26/11/2020

Jack & Iannone: contamination cases turn on whether CAS believes you

Recent Decisions in the Shayna Jack1 and Andrea Iannone2 cases illustrate that when an athlete claims that an anti-doping rule violation (ADRV) is the result of contamination, their sanction largely depends on whether the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) believes them. Both athletes were sanctioned with an ADRV,...

21/11/2020

Biathlon review gives rare insight into Russian State doping

An External Review Commission (ERC) tasked with investigating allegations of past wrongdoing within the International Biathlon Union (IBU) has found that there was a conspiracy to cover up eight Russian doping cases. The connections between the officials involved also gives a rare insight into how Russian State doping may...

10/11/2020

Sports Integrity Briefs – 10 November 2020

• The Cyprus football association (KOP) has received a report from UEFA suggesting suspicious betting activity during the 30 October Second Division match between Aris Limassol and Alki Oroklini, it announced on Monday. The KOP said that it has informed the police, and the ‘relevant disciplinary regulation’ that applies...

06/11/2020

How the Sakho case highlights inconvenient truths

This week, footballer Mamadou Sakho won a four year battle against the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), which alleged that he had taken a prohibited substance. Under a strict reading of the 2016 Code in place at the time, Sakho didn’t return an AAF for a prohibited substance. He didn’t...

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