Category: Announcement

The United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA), as part of its continuing efforts to eradicate doping in sport and protect the health of athletes, has awarded more than $1 million dollars (U.S.) in grants to fund research designed to detect new methods of prohibited performance-enhancement, including a study involving gene manipulation.

The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) announced today that Annette Salmeen (Menlo Park, Calif.), a 1996 U.S. Olympic gold medalist in the sport of swimming, has been elected by the USADA Board of Directors to serve a four- year term in the USADA athlete board member position.

The United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) performed a total of 8,051 doping control tests in 2004 in 69 Olympic, Paralympic and Pan American sports, including 7,630 domestic tests, USADA Chief Executive Officer Terry Madden announced today.

The United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) performed 1,725 drug tests in 66 sports during the period from July 1 through September 30, 2004 under its third quarter domestic testing program.

The United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) performed a total of 2,956 drug tests during the second quarter of 2004, the largest number in any quarter of its history.

The United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA), the National Football League (NFL) and the University of Utah announced Monday that they have formed a new drug testing laboratory at the University of Utah.

The United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) performed 6,890 domestic doping control tests during 2003, USADA Chief Executive Officer Terry Madden announced Tuesday.

The United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) unveiled a series of six public service announcements entitled “My health. My sport. My victory. I compete clean,” USADA Chief Executive Officer Terry Madden announced Friday.