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New York (AFP) - A Texas therapist was sentenced to three months in jail on Wednesday after pleading guilty to supplying performance-enhancing drugs to Olympic athletes including banned Nigerian sprinter Blessing Okagbare, US authorities said. Eric Lira, a "naturopathic" therapist based in the city of El Paso, became in May 2023 the first individual to be convicted under a US law introduced in the wake of Russia's state-backed Olympic doping scandals. The 2020 law, named after Russian whistleblower Grigory Rodchenkov, enables US authorities to prosecute individuals involved in international do...
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Miami (AFP) - American Jenson Brooksby said Wednesday he is accepting a provisional suspension from tennis due to missed doping tests. The 22-year-old was just outside the world's top 30 ranked players last year but has since fallen to 101 amid wrist injuries. Anti-doping regulations allow for a potentially lengthy ban for players if they miss three tests in a year -- so-called 'whereabouts' failures. Players are obliged to inform anti-doping bodies of their whereabouts in order to allow access for testers. Brooksby said in a statement on Instagram that he denies the charges against him -- whi...
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New York (AFP) - A Texas therapist faces up to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty on Monday to supplying performance-enhancing drugs to Olympic athletes including banned Nigerian sprinter Blessing Okagbare, US authorities said. Eric Lira, a "naturopathic" therapist based in the city of El Paso, is the first individual to be convicted under a new US law introduced in the wake of Russia's state-backed Olympic doping scandals, the Department of Justice said in a statement. The 2020 law, named after Russian whistleblower Grigory Rodchenkov, enables US authorities to prosecute individuals inv...
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Los Angeles (AFP) - Legendary US trainer Bob Baffert was banned from the Kentucky Derby for two years on Wednesday, hours after confirmation of a positive drugs test against his winning horse Medina Spirit in this year's race. A statement from Churchill Downs Inc, which operates the Kentucky Derby, said Baffert would be barred from entering horses at the track until the end of the 2023 Spring Meet. It means Baffert -- one of the most successful trainers in US racing history -- will not be allowed to enter the Kentucky Derby until the 2024 season. Baffert, 68, has been at the centre of a doping...
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Montreal (AFP) - Tensions between the World Anti-Doping Agency and the United States flared Thursday as a US government representative called a proposal to sanction countries that withdraw agreed upon funding "a direct attack on the United States."A virtual meeting of WADA's Foundation Board saw officials from both the global watch-dog and the United States voicing the need for cooperation.But Anthony Jones, representative of the US Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), bristled at a proposal to punish member countries that opt out of funding.That's just what the ONDCP recommended US...
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