A new federal law, the Rodchenkov Act, has the potential to dramatically clean up international sports. A case involving a Texas doping ring illustrates how the new legislation works.
GEORGIA, USA (AP) - Information from the first case to be prosecuted under a new law designed to criminalise widespread doping conspiracies has been used to level a four-year ban on a triple jumper fr.
Sabina Allen has been sentenced to a four-year period of ineligibility
by the United States Anti-Doping Agency after testing positive for two
banned substances, in a case which is the first example of an athlete
being banned in part through the Rodchenkov Anti-Doping Act.
Information from the first case to be prosecuted under a new law designed to criminalize widespread doping conspiracies has been used to level a four-year ban on a triple jumper from Georgia. The U.S Anti-Doping Agency announced the sanction Thursday for 27-year-old Sabina Allen, who is from Norcross, Georgia, and competes for Jamaica.