U.S. men are suspected of peddling doping for Olympic track and field athletes

Source: Sports Weekly

According to the Associated Press, on January 12, local time, U.S. prosecutors accused a Texas therapist Eric Leela of allegedly selling doping to Olympic track and field athletes, and his suspected drug supply targets included Nigerian sprinter Ohabare, who tested positive during the Tokyo Olympics and will face a four-year ban. U.S. Justice Department officials say the stimulants that lira peddles to athletes include human growth hormone (HGH) and erythropoietin (EPO).

Last year, 32-year-old Ojabaré ushered in a counter-aging outbreak, she won the 100m runner-up in 10.90 seconds at the Diamond League Doha in May, and ran a good time of 10.63 seconds at the Women's 100m at the Nigerian Athletics Championships in June, and was once regarded as the favorite to win the Tokyo Olympic Games with Fraser and Thompson.

However, the light about her was shattered at the Tokyo Olympics more than a month later. In the women's 100m preliminaries for the Tokyo Olympics, Ohabaré finished first in the group with a time of 11.05 seconds to advance to the semi-finals, but then she was found to have taken human growth hormone during a doping test and disqualified. Faced with a positive drug test, O'Harbaré appealed and insisted that his B-bottle sample be tested, but eventually remained positive.

In the indictment against Lira, there is ample evidence that he provided the Ojabare and another athlete with illicit drugs, including chat records: "Is it safe to test today?" "Don't forget, I used it on Wednesday and yesterday, and I'm not sure if I can find out, so I let them [the inspector of the flight drug test] go, and count me missing the test once." In another chat, O'Harbaré said she had just finished the 100m in 10.63 seconds, "Eric, my body feels good. Either way, your method works too well. And Lila replied, "You're doing what you have to do, get ready to rule everything." ”

According to the report, Lira's behavior is suspected of violating the Rodchenkov Anti-Doping Act, which stipulates that if anyone violates the doping regulations in international competitions participated in by American athletes, the United States will impose fines or even criminal penalties on violators according to the circumstances, and the target of the bill includes coaches, agents, sports team managers and even heads of sports institutions in addition to athletes. Because the subject of the allegations in this case is the lira, the information of another athlete suspected of taking the banned drug was not made public.