By Joiner Martínez
May 7, 2024, 18:17 PM EDT
A letter obtained by ESPN revealed that fighter Ryan Garcia on Monday requested that his B samples be tested, following adverse findings in his A samples for the performance-enhancing drug Ostarine the day before and the day of his upset victory over Devin Haney. last month.
García’s sample A also tested positive for 19-Norandrosterone, according to the letter from the Voluntary Anti-Doping Association (VADA).
Ostarine is a selective androgen receptor modulator (SARM) that attaches to proteins in the body and essentially tells muscles to grow.
It is used to improve performance by helping athletes build muscle mass and improve their rate of fat loss and also to increase endurance and recovery ability.
Ostarine has been on the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) list of banned substances since 2008 and in 2022 was listed as an anabolic agent by WADA. WADA rules require that when urine samples are collected, it is divided into A and B bottles.
The B sample is a safeguard to ensure that there was no contamination or laboratory error when the positive result was obtained on the initial A sample. If sample B returns a negative result in this case, García could be acquitted.
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