Dietary Supplement Industry and U.S. Anti-Doping Agency Warn Consumers about Dangerous, Illegal Ingredients Known as SARMs
The dietary supplement industry’s leading trade associations and the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) today joined in support of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) recent actions to protect consumers from body-building products containing Selective Androgen Receptor Modulators (SARMs) illegally marketed as dietary supplements. SARMs are dangerous and illegal, and they pose an immediate risk to consumers, jeopardize the careers of athletes, and have no place in any sports nutrition regimen.
U.S. Track & Field Coach Kenta Bell Accepts Lifetime Ban for Anti-Doping Rule Violations
Track and field coach Kenta Bell, of Nashville, Tenn., has accepted a lifetime ban for engaging in and orchestrating prohibited doping conduct.
Retired Weightlifting Athlete Vargas, Medical Director Merrens Join USADA Board of Directors
The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) announced today the election of two new Board members: Emmy Vargas of Los Angeles, Calif., a retired athlete in the sport of weightlifting, as an athlete representative member, and Dr. Edward Merrens, of Norwich, Vt., the Chief Clinical Officer for Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, N.H.
U.S. Track & Field Athlete Atlanta Westbrook Accepts Sanction for Anti-Doping Rule Violations
Atlanta Westbrook of Fairview, Tenn., an athlete in the sport of track and field, has accepted a four-year sanction for her anti-doping rule violations.
AAA Panel Imposes Two-Year Sanction on Weightlifting Athlete Amy Hay for Doping Violation
An AAA panel imposed a two-year sanction against weightlifting athlete, Amy Hay, of Portland, Ore., for an anti-doping rule violation.
2018 Winter Olympians and Paralympians Unite Behind #MyMoment
Leading up to the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea, Olympians and Paralympians from around the world are uniting behind #MyMoment to highlight the irreplaceable moments clean athletes have lost to doping and to defend the moments they could earn if they have access to a level playing field.