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REPORT: Sha’Carri Richardson Tests Positive for Cannabis at Olympic Trials, In Danger of Missing Olympics By LetsRun.com July 1, 2021 (Support independent journalism and join our Supporter’s Club now to gain access to our feature articles and bonus podcasts, 20% shoe discounts (US visitors), exclusive forum features including the ability to follow posters and filter out non-running posts, a free 12-week training plan and much more. Go to LetsRun.com/subscribe) US 100-meter champion Sha’...

UFC middleweight Oskar Piechota has been suspended for 22 months following a violation of the UFC’s anti-doping policy.

UFC heavyweight Raphael Pessoa suspended two years for anti-doping violation May 3, 2021 USADA officials announced the suspension on Monday. “Pessoa Nunes, 32, tested positive for hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ) and its metabolites chlorothiazide and 4-amino-6-chloro-1,3-benzenedisulfonamide (ACB) as the result of urine samples collected out-of-competition on February 9, 2021, February 15, 2021, February 16, 2021, and March 4, 2021. HCTZ is a Specified Substance in the class of Diuretics and Maski...

MMA Fighting Share this story Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Brazilian heavyweight Raphael Pessoa has accepted a two-year suspension handed down by the United States Anti-Doping Agency following a second violation of the UFC’s anti-doping policy. USADA officials announced the sanction on Monday. There were actually three separate violations “involving his use and/or attempted use of a prohibited substance, positive tests for that substance, and evasion of s...

The US Anti-Doping Agency has issued a statement today confirming that UFC fighter and former title contender Raquel Pennington has accepted a six-month suspension for a USADA violation. However, due to her forthright admission of her use of the substances she was prescribed by a daughter, suspension was reduced for her full cooperation. Pennington self-reported the use of two banned substances, 7-keto-DHEA and AOD-9064, to USADA on November 17, 2020. Additionally, 7-keto-DHEA (7-keto-dehydroep...

Raquel Pennington given six-month USADA suspension after disclosing use of banned substances Share this story Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Yesterday the US Anti-Doping Agency announced that they had suspended former UFC bantamweight title challenger Raquel Pennington after she self-reported a doping violation. USADA’s statement regarding Pennginton partly read as follows: Pennington, 32, self-reported the use of two prohibited substances – 7-keto-DHEA and AOD-9064 – to ...

The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency on Thursday announced that UFC No. 4 ranked women’s bantamweight Raquel Pennington has been suspended for six months for violating the UFC Anti-Doping Policy. Colorado Springs, Colo. (January 28, 2021) – USADA announced today that Raquel Pennington, of Colorado Springs, Colo., has accepted a six-month sanction for a violation of the UFC Anti-Doping Policy. Pennington, 32, self-reported the use of two prohibited substances – 7-keto-DHEA and AOD-9064 – to USA...

Brenda Martinez Accepts No Fault Finding After Testing Positive For Banned Substance USADA Press Release December 29, 2020 Colorado Springs, Colo. – USADA announced today that Brenda Martinez, of Big Bear, Calif., an athlete in the sport of track and field, has tested positive for a prohibited substance, which was determined to have been ingested by her without fault or negligence. As a result, Martinez will not face a period of ineligibility for her positive test. “This is our sixth no-fa...