I know how delicate women’s hormones are, and I would never choose to take anything to jeopardize my health and, as a result, suffer irreparable damage to my endocrine system. This was devastating news to me as I have never intentionally or knowingly put anything like that into my body. In early February of 2021, after returning from a difficult race season, I learned that the same sample from September was re-analyzed due to a bio-passport irregularity and found to be positive for an exogenous anabolic steroid. I’ve received that same letter after every test I’ve submitted for the last 19 years. That news was communicated to me in the same way it has always been via a letter from USADA. I provided a sample for USADA in September 2020 that came back negative for any banned substances, it was not even atypical. USADA decided to re-test it after her Athlete Biological Passport (bio-passport) was flagged for an “irregularity.” The second test of the sample came back positive for an anabolic androgenic steroid, Compton said. She said her results for that sample originally came back negative for any banned substances.
Join Bicycling All Access for more cycling newsĬompton released a statement addressing the USADA’s announcement. That means all of her results, race points, and prizes received since September 16, 2020, are forfeit.
Anabolic agents have powerful performance-enhancing capabilities and can give an athlete an unfair advantage over fellow competitors,” the USADA statement explained.Ĭompton’s ban begins retroactively, from the day her positive sample was taken. “Her urine sample was analyzed using a specialized test, known as Carbon Isotope Ratio testing, that differentiates between anabolic androgenic steroids (AAS) naturally produced by the body and prohibited anabolic agents of external origin.
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