“I Did Not And Would Never Put These Substances In My Body.” Alycia Baumgardner Responds To Announcement Of Failed Drug Test
By: Sean Crose
Alycia Baumgardner, the undisputed tremendous featherweight champion of the world, failed a drug check in July. According to Baumgardner’s promoter, Matchroom Boxing, Baumgardner examined constructive for 2 banned substances earlier than her July match with Christina Linardatou. “Matchroom can today confirm,” the outlet said in a Wednesday press launch, “that Alycia Baumgardner returned an adverse analytical finding as part of a random anti-doping protocol instituted voluntarily for her bout with Christina Linardatou in Detroit on July 15.” Matchroom added that “the applicable regulatory authorities are also aware (of the failed drug test) and we defer to such bodies for further action and guidance as a full investigation is conducted.”
Baumgardner, who ended up besting by Linardatou by unanimous determination, is adamant that she has carried out nothing unsuitable. “To be abundantly clear,” she wrote on social media Wednesday, “I know that I never have, never would and never will take this or any other drug. Not only would doing so be unethical, but it would also be completely contrary to how I’ve trained my entire career.” Baumgarder went on to state: “As a professional athlete, I and I alone am responsible for what I put in my body, and my body is a temple. I am also a proud role model for any young woman or girl who seeks to follow in my footsteps. I take those responsibilities very seriously, which is why I know that I did not and would never put these substances in my body.”
Baumgarder went on to point her willingness to struggle the the check outcomes. “I have a lot more to say about my journey and why the very idea of me taking an illegal, banned, or even dangerous substance would never make sense. So I have no intention of sitting back in silence and letting this ‘play out.’ I plan to keel you all updated every step of the way as I work to ensure my reputation as a clean athlete remains fully intact.”
Baumgardner said that mesterolone and methenolone acetate metabolites have been the banned substances present in her system, substances the 15-1 titlist claimed she had “never heard of or used in any way.” Baumgardner additionally said that she took one other check instantly after her victory over Linardatou on July fifteenth, and that the post-fight check got here out clear. The 29 12 months outdated Baumgardner is seen as one of many prime boxers in girls’s boxing, which makes the report of a failed drug check significantly notable.
