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Boxer Cleared of Doping after Sex Explanation Keeps Olympic Dream Alive

posted by martyb on Monday June 15 2020, @08:17AM   Printer-friendly
from the no-kid-ding dept.

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for GrandFireWizard:

Boxer cleared of doping after sex excuse keeps Olympic dream alive:

Boxer Virginia "Ginny" Fuchs has been cleared of any wrongdoing by the US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) after she successfully argued banned substances found their way into her system through unprotected sex.

As reported by The Houston Chronicle, the 32-year-old proclaimed her innocence after testing positive for two banned substances in an out-of-competition test back in February.

[...] Fuchs later found out her boyfriend had ingested the substances, which were contained in products he purchased, before the pair engaged in unprotected sex.

USADA said the trace amounts of the banned substances found in Fuchs' system were consistent with sexual transmission, and after an investigation was confident the American did not intentionally cheat.

USADA's decision means Fuchs is still eligible to qualify for next year's Olympics in Tokyo, which were postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic.

[...] "I had no idea that I could become contaminated by way of intimate contact with another person. I want to thank USA Boxing for believing in me and supporting me throughout these past few difficult months."

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  • (Score: 5, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 15 2020, @09:10AM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 15 2020, @09:10AM (#1008055)

    Any kind of sex could have her get contaminated. The epithelium lining in all orifices could pick up trace amounts of Letrozol off her partners due to its extremely high bioavailability. I am unfamiliar with GW1516 pharmacology, but the specific mention of its metabolite profile offers some clues, depending on the equipment her partner has. Regardless, Athletes at that level are already warned about sexual activity causing positives, but this might be the first documented case of GW1516 doing so in specific.

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  • (Score: 5, Funny) by driverless on Monday June 15 2020, @11:08AM (1 child)

    by driverless (4770) on Monday June 15 2020, @11:08AM (#1008088)

    I have no idea what the above means but it sounds like you know what you're talking about so I'll give you a +1 Informative on it.

    • (Score: 3, Interesting) by PartTimeZombie on Monday June 15 2020, @09:37PM

      by PartTimeZombie (4827) on Monday June 15 2020, @09:37PM (#1008348)

      What it means is: She was probably taking performance enhancing drugs, but had a plausible (ish) excuse, so she got a pass.

      See also: All swimmers and cyclists. Also weightlifters and sprinters.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 16 2020, @04:44PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 16 2020, @04:44PM (#1008721)

    Ooh dirty talk, spank me!