Cyborg busted for potential doping.

[NO-KG-AI]

I know you never know based on body types, but someone like Cyborg has admitted to past use, and doesn't seem like someone that came off of the gear.


So yea. She's towards the bottom of the list of people I'd give benefit of the doubt.

[Jasen777]

Cris Cyborg granted retroactive TUE, cleared of potential anti-doping violation

A USADA committee has granted the UFC women’s star a retroactive therapeutic use exemption (TUE), it was announced by the UFC’s anti-doping partner Friday. Cyborg will be eligible to compete again immediately.

Cyborg, 31, tested positive for the banned diuretic spironolactone in December and was provisionally suspended by USADA on Dec. 22. If she did not receive the retroactive TUE, she would have been facing a one-year ban from the UFC. Cyborg said at the time that she was given the drug by her doctor to treat medical issues from a severe weight cut in September.

According to a USADA release, after a “thorough investigation of the circumstances that preceded her positive test,” including a review of medical history, the agency accepted her explanation that using the diuretic was “in accordance with her physician’s recommendation for the treatment of a legitimate medical condition.”

“Nonetheless, because Spironolactone is prohibited at all times under the UFC Anti-Doping Policy, USADA advised Justino that her use of the medication without a valid TUE violated the UFC Anti-Doping Policy,” the release stated. “Accordingly, Justino applied for a TUE to authorize her use of the medication, with retroactive effect.”

USADA said in the statement that Cyborg participated in multiple interviews with USADA’s investigative team and allowed the agency to interview her doctor as well.

“USADA recognizes that over the course of a career, athletes may experience illnesses or medical conditions that require the use of a particular medication for proper treatment,” the statement reads. “While athletes are educated and encouraged to apply for a TUE in advance of using a prohibited substance or method, the UFC Anti-Doping Policy permits athletes to file for retroactive TUEs where the use of a prohibited substance or method was medically justified. Athletes are cautioned, however, that applying retroactively is at their own risk and the only guaranteed way to avoid an anti-doping policy violation for using a prohibited substance or method is by obtaining a TUE prior to the use of a prohibited substance or method.”

[Headliner]

I like Cyborg, so I'm pleased.

[BrockLee]

Damnn ! Anti Doping for what he/she not supposed to give a speech