USADA announced today that Mandy Mosley, of Sumter, S.C., an athlete in the sport of weightlifting, has accepted a 16-month sanction after testing positive for prohibited substances. Mosley, 24, tested positive for higenamine, heptaminol, and octodrine as the result of an in‐competition urine sample she provided at the American Open Series 1 on February 28, 2019. Higenamine is a Specified Substance in the class of Beta-2 Agonists and prohibited at all times, while heptaminol and octodrine are Specified Substances in the class of Stimulants and prohibited in-competition under the USADA Protocol for Olympic and Paralympic Movement Testing, the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee National Anti-Doping Policies, and the International Weightlifting Federation Anti-Doping Rules, all of which have adopted the World Anti-Doping Code and the World Anti-Doping Agency Prohibited List.

Following notification of her positive test, Mosley immediately admitted to her violation and provided USADA with evidence that a high risk dietary supplement she was using at the time of her positive test listed on the label the prohibited substances in her sample. The product that caused her positive test is on the High Risk List maintained on USADA’s online dietary supplement safety education and awareness resource – Supplement 411 (www.Supplement411.org). Athletes and other sport stakeholders are reminded that dietary supplements sold in the U.S. do not receive any pre-market safety or efficacy reviews by government authorities; thus, an increased level of due diligence is necessary to challenge the reasons for use and understand the risks of a positive anti-doping test and/or an adverse health event.

While all athletes have access to resources like Supplement411 and the High Risk List, USADA determined that Mosely’s degree of fault was reduced due to never having been in the Registered Testing Pool or Clean Athlete Program and her forthright declaration of the supplement on her doping control form. Mosley’s 16-month period of ineligibility began on February 28, 2019, the date her positive sample was collected. In addition, Mosley has been disqualified from competitive results obtained on and subsequent to February 28, 2019, including forfeiture of any medals, points and prizes.

• This media release was published by the US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) on 27 June 2019. Click here for the original.