The Surinamese sprinter Issamade Asinga sued the company on Wednesday Gatoradeclaiming that his recent suspension for doping was due to the ingestion of “recovery gummies” contaminated produced and supplied by the brand. In May, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) handed the 19-year-old Asinga a four-year suspension for doping, stripping him of his two South American Championships gold medals and his U20 100 meters record. world championship.
In the lawsuit filed in federal court in Manhattan, Asinga claims that Gatorade gave him gummies last year with packaging that said they were “NSF certified for sports” and therefore banned the substance.
According to the lawsuit, the gummies lacked certification and were instead “manufactured using substandard manufacturing processes and contaminated with small amounts of an illegal performance-enhancing drug.” NSF is an independent non-governmental organization based in Michigan that certifies when products do not contain substances prohibited by World Anti-Doping Agency.
PepsiCowhich owns Gatorade, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Asinga also claims that Gatorade gave AIU a sealed bottle of a different batch of gummies, “creating the false impression that the evidence from this specimen was relevant to Issam’s case.” The sprinter has not competed since a temporary suspension was imposed ahead of last year’s World Championships in Budapest and is seeking financial damages for loss of earnings, scholarship opportunities and future earnings.
Source: La Verdad
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