UFC Welterweight Viscardi Andrade Suspended for Two Years After Testing Positive for Winstrol
UFC welterweight Viscardi Andrade has been suspended for a period of two years ineligibility after testing positive for the anabolic steroid stanozolol according to a statement released by the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) on March 21, 2017. Stanozolol is more commonly known in athletic and bodybuilding circles by its original trade name, Winstrol and Winstrol Depot.
The Winstrol positive sample was collected twelve days prior to his fight against Richard Walsh at UFC Fight Night 85 at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre in Australia. A USADA drug testing officer showed up for the out-of-competition sample collection on March 7, 2016. Andrade defeated Walsh via unanimous decision on March 19, 2016.
Andrade’s fight at UFC Fight Night 85 proceeded without interruption due to an almost year-long delay in the testing of the sample at the WADA-accredited analytical laboratory in Rio de Janeiro. However, once USADA notified the UFC of Andrade’s Winstrol positive, UFC disqualified Andrade’s results and changed the official score of the Andrade-Walsh fight to no contest.
“[Viscardi Andrade] tested positive for stanozolol and its metabolites, 16βhydroxystanozolol and 3’hydroxystanozolol, following an out-of-competition urine test conducted on March 7, 2016,” according to the USADA website. “Stanozolol is a non-Specified Substance in the category of Anabolic Agents and is prohibited at all times under the UFC Anti-Doping Policy, which has adopted the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Prohibited List.”
At one time, Winstrol was a good choice as an undectectable steroid for athletes to use and still pass USADA drug tests. The half-life of oral Winstrol was relatively short and the steroid would be undetectable in a urine sample after just a few days. But that all changed several years ago.
In November 2013, Grigory Rodchenkov, the former director of the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) in Moscow, made a major breakthrough in steroid detection technology. He created an anti-doping test that increased the window of detection for Winstrol to over six months. (Rodchenkov is the same disgraced doctor who masterminded the recent state-sponsored Russian doping scandal.)
The new test effectively put an end to the covert use of Winstrol by drug-tested athletes. Hundreds of athletes have since tested positive. Most of the athletes have been retroactively caught during the IOC’s retesting of stored samples from the 2008 Beijing Olympics and 2012 London Olympics.
Anyone who reads the sports news would see that athletes have been busted left and right for Winstrol. It is a mystery why Andrade or any other drug-tested athlete would currently experiment with Winstrol given how easily it is currently detected by WADA-approved laboratories.
Source:
USADA. (March 21, 2017). UFC Athlete, Viscardi Andrade, Receives Sanction for Anti-Doping Policy Violation. Retrieved from UFC Athlete Viscardi Andrade Receives Doping Sanction | USADA
UFC welterweight Viscardi Andrade has been suspended for a period of two years ineligibility after testing positive for the anabolic steroid stanozolol according to a statement released by the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) on March 21, 2017. Stanozolol is more commonly known in athletic and bodybuilding circles by its original trade name, Winstrol and Winstrol Depot.
The Winstrol positive sample was collected twelve days prior to his fight against Richard Walsh at UFC Fight Night 85 at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre in Australia. A USADA drug testing officer showed up for the out-of-competition sample collection on March 7, 2016. Andrade defeated Walsh via unanimous decision on March 19, 2016.
Andrade’s fight at UFC Fight Night 85 proceeded without interruption due to an almost year-long delay in the testing of the sample at the WADA-accredited analytical laboratory in Rio de Janeiro. However, once USADA notified the UFC of Andrade’s Winstrol positive, UFC disqualified Andrade’s results and changed the official score of the Andrade-Walsh fight to no contest.
“[Viscardi Andrade] tested positive for stanozolol and its metabolites, 16βhydroxystanozolol and 3’hydroxystanozolol, following an out-of-competition urine test conducted on March 7, 2016,” according to the USADA website. “Stanozolol is a non-Specified Substance in the category of Anabolic Agents and is prohibited at all times under the UFC Anti-Doping Policy, which has adopted the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Prohibited List.”
At one time, Winstrol was a good choice as an undectectable steroid for athletes to use and still pass USADA drug tests. The half-life of oral Winstrol was relatively short and the steroid would be undetectable in a urine sample after just a few days. But that all changed several years ago.
In November 2013, Grigory Rodchenkov, the former director of the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) in Moscow, made a major breakthrough in steroid detection technology. He created an anti-doping test that increased the window of detection for Winstrol to over six months. (Rodchenkov is the same disgraced doctor who masterminded the recent state-sponsored Russian doping scandal.)
The new test effectively put an end to the covert use of Winstrol by drug-tested athletes. Hundreds of athletes have since tested positive. Most of the athletes have been retroactively caught during the IOC’s retesting of stored samples from the 2008 Beijing Olympics and 2012 London Olympics.
Anyone who reads the sports news would see that athletes have been busted left and right for Winstrol. It is a mystery why Andrade or any other drug-tested athlete would currently experiment with Winstrol given how easily it is currently detected by WADA-approved laboratories.
Source:
USADA. (March 21, 2017). UFC Athlete, Viscardi Andrade, Receives Sanction for Anti-Doping Policy Violation. Retrieved from UFC Athlete Viscardi Andrade Receives Doping Sanction | USADA
