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Ryan Lochte was once more grimacing! On May 24, the swimmer threw an image on Instagram where he can see intravenous injections. It has not escaped the attention of the US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA), which has seized the matter. After careful analysis, it turned out that the substance taken by the 33-year-old is legal and the method of its adoption is certainly not.
"An investigation by USADA, in which Lochte fully cooperated, showed that the player received an intravenous injection with an authorized substance" – we can read in the official communication. In the vast majority of cases, athletes are not allowed to undergo this type of treatment. They can only do this if they are hospitalized or fulfill certain conditions and have obtained a special permit. Lochte, of course, did not fall into any of these categories.
Suspensions associated with this type of injections are extremely rare. The USADA database only shows two other similar offenses. One of them ended with six months and the other with a disqualification of 14 months. The penalty for Lochtej poses a lot of problems because he is already the second he has received in a relatively short period of time. After the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, he was suspended for 10 months for demolishing a gas station, which he did not want to admit initially. After this incident, not only was he deprived of the bonus (about 100 thousand dollars), but his sponsors also left him, resulting in losses rising up to $ 800,000 a year. Now you can be sure that history will repeat itself
The disqualification imposed on Lochtego means that he will not be able to take part in the US championships as of Wednesday. It was supposed to be the first serious test for him since the Rio Olympics. It will also miss the Pacific Championships and the South Korean World Championships next year. Does this shift also mean the end of his career? For the moment, I do not think so. – Relax. He will not give up. I want to fight for the Tokyo Games – said the American
Lochte has 12 Olympic medals, including six zlotys. He has also been 39 times world champion both in the long and short pool. It is a pity that lately it is noisy about it, except for sporting reasons …
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