Raven Saunderssilver medalist at the Tokyo Olympics, received a 18 month suspension for breaching venue rulesas noted by the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA).
“The accumulation of three absences within 12 months constitutes a rule violation under the USADA Protocol for Olympic and Paralympic Movement Testing and the World Athletics Anti-Doping Rules,” USADA said in a statement Wednesday.Saunders began an 18-month period of ineligibility on August 15, 2022the date of your third whereabouts error”.
American competition results from that date were also disqualified. He will miss the USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in July, as well as the World Championships in Budapest in August, but will be eligible to participate in the Paris Olympics of next year.
The 26-year-old pitcher, who finished behind China’s Gong Lijiao in Tokyo, responded to the suspension in a post on Twitter. “I should have done better and take full responsibility for my actions. I have not taken any tests for any substance and have been retested after each of my negative results. I have always been a defender of clean sport,” he said.
Saunders was a fan favorite during the Tokyo Games, where he sported green and purple hair and a smiling ‘Joker’ mask.
Source: La Verdad
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