UFC fighter gets one month suspension for cocaine use
A UFC flyweight failed an in-competition USADA test and accepted the punishment.
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A UFC flyweight failed an in-competition USADA test and accepted the punishment.
Juancamilo Ronderos, UFC Flyweight, Suspended for Cocaine Use Photo Courtesy of Zuffa LLC Juancamilo Ronderos is just weeks removed from his UFC flyweight debut, but he’s already taken a step backwards after testing positive for cocaine following a USADA post-fight drug test. Ronderos realized his MMA dream as a last-minute replacement at UFC Vegas 27, fighting David Dvorak. He would go on to lose by submission but earned the respect from the UFC brass for taking a short-notice bout on a big stage. Following the devastating loss, Ronderos was notified by USADA that he would be suspended fo...
And coaching a -- and coaching a concern, but doping here. swimmer ryan murphy telling reporters "it is a huge mental drain on me throughout the year to know i'm swimming in a race that's probably not clean." murphy, who won gold in the 100 and 200 meter backstroke in rio, lost both olympic titles to eyvgeny rylov from russia. >> rylov gets the gold! kolehnikov gets the silver. and murphy gets the bronze.r: r are banned from competing under their own flag but some think that's enough. after a massive state-sponsored doping program was discovered and drug testing enforcement was loosened during...
>> the cyber attack combined emotional security of a pet length child with resource of a state. >> reporter: they're accused of a systemic doping program, they breached the world anti-doping agency. medical records of serena williams, simone biles were hacked and released along with those of around 250 other athletes from almost 30 countries. after the tokyo games were postponed, the uk accused russia of spying on tokyo olympics officials and organizations. experts say there's no reason they won't do something again. what have you seen in the way of indications something may happen? >> we've s...
Russia being banned from the next two olympics because of its doping program. but does anyone really think pot can enhance performance in track and field? marijuana has never made anyone move faster. it turns out that the world antidoping agency determined whether pot should be pro hishted since the 1980. roughly 40 countries have partially legalized it. one of the agency founders told the washington post one of these days we should probably take it off the listen tirely but it's there and the minimum sanction be a warning so you're not losing any period of eligibility. maybe one of those days...