The US Anti-Doping Company (USADA) introduced on Friday it has banned the 2021 Masters Nationwide Champion Brian Abers for one 12 months after he examined constructive for a drug that has not but been authorised to be used within the nation.
The 56-year-old received the kilometre time trial on September 16, 2021, on the USA Biking Masters Observe Nationwide Championships within the 55-59 age group and submitted to an anti-doping management after the race. The pattern got here again constructive for ibutamoren, also referred to as MK-622.
Ibutamoren is an investigational drug developed by Lumos Pharma and Merck that acts to reinforce the manufacturing of development hormone and insulin-like development issue I, which will increase lean physique mass.
Abers was capable of present that he had taken a dietary complement that didn’t listing ibutamoren on the label however an evaluation by the WADA-accredited laboratory in Salt Lake Metropolis, Utah, confirmed that it contained the banned substance.
“The presence of an undisclosed prohibited substance in a product is thought to be contamination and the willpower that an athlete’s constructive check was brought on by a contaminated product might end in a decreased sanction, as was the case right here,” the USADA press launch said. “If athletes select to make use of dietary supplements regardless of the identified dangers, USADA has at all times beneficial that athletes use solely dietary dietary supplements which have been licensed by a third-party program that assessments for substances prohibited in sport. USADA presently acknowledges NSF Licensed for Sport® as this system finest fitted to athletes to scale back the chance from dietary supplements.”
Abers was stripped of his title and all outcomes after September 16, 2021, and is ineligible to compete till October 5, 2022.
