Report: U.S. swimmer tests positive

USA swimmer begins doping appeal: Jessica Harding tested for clenbuterol

Posted 26 days ago on Steroid Nation

USA Olympic swimmer Jessica Hardy begins the long appeals process to protest a positive test for clenbuterol found prior the the Olympic Games.  Hardy, the current US record holder in the 100 Butterfly, was scheduled to swim in several events.  A positive test for the unapproved drug (clen) put plans on hold. Hardy's lawyer, the esteemed dope lawyer Howard Jacobs already began ...

Jessica Hardy Clenbuterol Positive and Unfair Media Coverage

Posted 27 days ago on Steroid Report

I am disappointed by the mainstream media coverage of Olympic swimmer Jessica Hardy’s failed drug test for clenbuterol (an asthma medication). NBC was apparently the first news organization to identify the banned substance as clenbuterol . They did not elaborate on the drug other than to identify it as a “stimulant” which was of course very misleading. Clenbuterol was ...

Swimmer Jessica Hardy Tests Positive for Asthma Drug That Her Competitors are Permitted to Use

Posted 27 days ago on Steroid Report

U.S. Olympic swimmer Jessica Hardy tested positive for the asthma medication Clenbuterol in both A and B samples at the U.S. Olympic Trials in Omaha, Nebraska on July 1st and July 4, 2008. Clenbuterol is a bronchodilator belonging to a class of drugs known as beta-2 adrenergic agonists or long-acting beta-2 adrenergic agonist (LABA) . Clenbuterol is similar to Albuterol and Salmeterol ...