Unfortunately, seeing that it was five months between the sample collection and the notification, trying to figure what allegedly got into my body proved to be impossible, and I have decided to stop fighting an expensive and difficult battle and accept the sanction." "Over the past six months, I learned that I cannot prove that I didn't intentionally take anything, and I can't afford to keep fighting knowing the outcome will be the same regardless. I hired a lawyer and did my best to investigate how the substance got into my system but was unsuccessful in finding that answer," Compton said. "Despite deciding to retire in March, I also felt the need to try and defend myself and my reputation.
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And not only that, I never took anything for ethical and moral reasons I've been a strong proponent of clean sport my entire career and feel doing anything to enhance one's own natural ability is cheating, full stop."īecause of the coronavirus pandemic, Compton's racing schedule was limited since the positive test, but she does lose four victories in three local races and the US Open of Cyclo-cross, as well as all of her European results and prizes from the 2020-2021 season.
I know how delicate women's hormones are, and I would never choose to take anything to jeopardize my health and, as a result, suffer irreparable damage to my endocrine system. "This was devastating news to me as I have never intentionally or knowingly put anything like that into my body. "In early February of 2021, after returning from a difficult race season, I learned that the same sample from September was re-analyzed due to a bio-passport irregularity and found to be positive for an exogenous anabolic steroid. I've received that same letter after every test I've submitted for the last 19 years," Compton said. That news was communicated to me in the same way it has always been via a letter from USADA. "I provided a sample for USADA in September 2020 that came back negative for any banned substances, it was not even atypical. Katie Compton winding down storied career, will retire in 2022īetsema's back-dated six-month doping ban is 'bullshit' says ComptonĬompton’s urine sample was analyzed using a specialized test, known as Carbon Isotope Ratio testing, that differentiates between anabolic androgenic steroids naturally produced by the body and prohibited anabolic agents of external origin, according to the USADA statement. Compton heading to Cyclo-cross Worlds in bittersweet goodbye to Belgium
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