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Travis Tygart

Travis Tygart

August 19, 2019

A Life On Pause: Jarrion Lawson's Career Hangs In The Balance As He Fights His Four-Year Doping Ban -- And The Global Anti-Doping System

How do you prove something you ate over a year ago was contaminated with a substance banned for athletes -- but not for cattle? That's what Lawson, who in 2016 joined Jesse Owens as the only men in history to win the 100 meters, 200 meters, and long jump at the NCAA championship and came inches shy of Olympic gold, must do to prove his innocence and save his career.
January 24, 2019

Statement from USADA CEO Travis T. Tygart on WADA Executive Committee Decision to Maintain RUSADA Compliance

“The decision to keep Russia compliant despite them missing the deadline and before any of the data has been verified as accurate was unfortunately expected."