So again my question is, if product says it contains XYZ and all are legal. How are athletes suppose to check? How does an athlete check for actual tainted products? I don't think I've seen that under the FAQ at usada's website. Maybe it's been recently added, if so could we get it linked here?


ETA: the answer seems to be use products that are "trustworthy". But again my question is, is that the only answer to YOU the athlete KNOWING said product is clean? That is my issue in this. Do you really know or just hope/assume because they are "reputable"?

ETA #2- so it goes back to my issue. If athlete did everything they could to not take tainted supplement but then was essentially able to show how/why they were found to have banned substance? Why isn't that case completely thrown out?

Like isn't that how it should work? If athlete is found to have x product in their system and it can be verified by the doping controls the product is tainted, why was it still a 6 month ban?

I'm at a loss for why wada threw out the tainted beef doping issue but still gave athlete 6 month ban for using tainted product. So is there something else to the story? Was it the wrong kind of supplement found?

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Brooks Doughtie, M.S.
Exercise Physiology
-USAT Level II