“This was devastating news to me as I have never intentionally or knowingly put anything like that into my body,” Compton wrote. Compton said that in early 2021 she was informed that the same sample had returned a positive result for exogenous anabolic steroids. On Wednesday USADA published a statement saying that Compton had accepted a four-year ban after a sample taken in September, 2020, tested positive for a banned anabolic agent after it was analyzed using a Carbon Isotope Ratio test, which is reportedly able to detect natural anabolic agents and those introduced from outside of the body.Ĭompton pushed back on the USADA report, saying that she was initially informed that her sample from September, 2020 returned a negative result. “It physically hurts and makes me incredibly sad.” “Ending my career this way is simply soul-crushing,” Compton wrote. KATIE COMPTON PROFESSIONALCompton also said she was ending her professional career in the wake of the news, and that she was stepping away from the sport. In a statement issued to the press, Compton, 42, said she had never knowingly or intentionally put a banned anabolic steroid into her body-a statement that contradicts the USADA statement on her. Anti-doping agency that she had tested positive for a banned anabolic agent in 2020. cyclocross great Katie Compton pushed back on Wednesday’s bombshell news from the U.S. To get more of their premium content along with your Outside subscription, join Outside+.
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