Hammer thrower Gwendolyn Berry has been banned for 16 months by the United States Anti-Doping Agency for testing positive for a banned substance.
The suspension means the 34-year-old American will miss this month's World Athletics Championships in Budapest.
Berry's violation resulted from her use of a topical medication - a cream used to treat pain in a specific part of the body - that contained spironolactone.
She has a prescription for the drug but failed to get an exemption to use it.
It is the second doping ban within a 10-year period for Berry, who was a member of the United States' 2016 and 2020 Olympic teams.
She was also suspended in 2016 for three months after using an inhaler containing the banned substance vilanterol trifenatate.
Her ban means she will also miss the 2024 Paris Olympics, which begin next July.
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Spironolactone reduces testosterone - it's stage 2 covid treatment ()
Why would any athlete want to reduce testosterone?
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It says right in the article. She has a prescription and was using it for pain treatment (could be completely unrelated to training too, such as some other chronic pain condition). But she failed to report the prescription and thus gets a punishment. Unfortunately this stuff is really messed up.
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Why is 2nd ban so short instead of permanent?
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Go woke, go broke.
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It couldn't have happened to a more deserving person
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"Sometimes the life gives you a box of delicious chocolate."
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Kvothe wrote:
Why is 2nd ban so short instead of permanent?
My guess is they believe her story of whether she meant to dope or it was an accidental.
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She was one of the Olympic wokies causing a scene. Must have been a projection, a microcosm of her real issues as this news clearly demonstrates.
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USA doping wrote:
Hammer thrower Gwendolyn Berry has been banned for 16 months by the United States Anti-Doping Agency for testing positive for a banned substance.
The suspension means the 34-year-old American will miss this month's World Athletics Championships in Budapest.
Berry's violation resulted from her use of a topical medication - a cream used to treat pain in a specific part of the body - that contained spironolactone.
She has a prescription for the drug but failed to get an exemption to use it.
It is the second doping ban within a 10-year period for Berry, who was a member of the United States' 2016 and 2020 Olympic teams.
She was also suspended in 2016 for three months after using an inhaler containing the banned substance vilanterol trifenatate.
Her ban means she will also miss the 2024 Paris Olympics, which begin next July.It's a diuretic given for hypertension and heart failure. I'm on it! There is NOTHING in that drug that would possibly aid a hammer thrower!
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Steve The Addict OFFICIAL -----^^^^^ wrote:
She was one of the Olympic wokies causing a scene. Must have been a projection, a microcosm of her real issues as this news clearly demonstrates.
This didn't age well.
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This is USADA's lengthy discussion of Spironolactone:
Even assuming the Spronolactone was prescribed for a legitimate condition and not taken as part of an intentional doping plan, an athlete, especially an experienced athlete like Berry, has no excuse for not investigating whether she was prescribed a banned substance. This is particularly true for Barry, who was previously suspended in 2016 for using a banned asthma medication, vilanterol trifenatate, and she lost the US record as a result.
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A diuretic can flush out drugs
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Was ready give her an ear full, but reading the explanation... she and her coach is idiots, but its not like she have been "eating a burrito". I question the federations anti doping attitudes when they don't teach their athletes to register their medications.
Some people are deservedly punished for doping violations but that does not necessarily mean that they tried to get an unfair advantage.
Either or, there is no excuse for not triple checking your medicine though, not at that level.
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Wasn’t me
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Sure she will come out with a statement how this is simply a racist male dominated system aimed at keeping her down
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It must be whitey’s fault.
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That’s a good looking girl right there!
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I’d like to take her on a date to the local ice cream joint ❤️
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