Ryan Garcia could certainly have a case of tainted dietary supplements.
In an announcement despatched to MMA Preventing on Thursday, Garcia’s authorized staff introduced that samples of two dietary supplements declared for the Voluntary Anti-Doping Affiliation (VADA) forward Garcia’s bout towards Devin Haney have “returned optimistic for ostarine contamination.” Such a growth would assist help Garcia’s claims that he’s a sufferer of tainted dietary supplements following the most important win of his skilled boxing profession.
Garcia’s staff included lab outcomes of the 2 dietary supplements in query from the Sports activities Drugs Analysis & Testing Laboratory (SMRTL), one which of was detected within the vary of “70-2200 picograms [of ostarine] per gram powder,” and the opposite at “roughly 660-830 picograms per gram powder.”
The entire assertion from Garcia’s staff could be learn beneath.
The check outcomes from samples of two dietary supplements declared by Ryan Garcia on VADA Doping Management Types, signed on April nineteenth and twentieth, have returned optimistic for Ostarine contamination. This confirms what we now have persistently maintained: Ryan was a sufferer of complement contamination and has by no means deliberately used any banned or performance-enhancing substances. Any claims on the contrary, questioning Ryan’s integrity as a clear fighter, are unequivocally false and defamatory.
All through his profession, Ryan has voluntarily submitted to quite a few assessments, all of which have returned unfavorable outcomes, underscoring his dedication to honest and clear competitors. Moreover, a number of unfavorable assessments main as much as his combat towards Haney additional affirm his clear file. The ultra-low ranges of Ostarine detected in his samples, within the billionth of a gram vary, alongside along with his clear hair pattern proves contamination fairly than intentional ingestion. The latest check outcomes reiterate this.
Garcia, 25, examined optimistic for the banned substance ostarine in two VADA drug assessments in relation to his April 20 bout towards Haney, failing a pre-fight urine check on April 19 in addition to a post-fight urine check on April 20.
Ostarine is a banned selective androgen receptor modulator (SARM) that has been linked to many tainted complement circumstances in fight sports activities up to now.
Garcia defeated Haney in a surprisingly one-sided bout, flattening the previous WBC champ 3 times en path to a choice win. He has maintained his innocence since information first broke of the optimistic drug screenings in early Might.
Haney’s staff continues to hunt to have the results of the bout overturned, pushing for the primary lack of Haney’s professional profession to as a substitute be reversed right into a disqualification victory.
Garcia’s staff on Thursday introduced a press convention for early June “to offer extra perception and reply questions.” The boxer could possibly be topic to a tremendous in addition to a suspension, and his victory could possibly be overturned until Garcia is deemed harmless of any wrongdoing.
