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Emily Abbott Fails PED Test, Is Barred From CrossFit Games

Emily Abbott Fails PED Test, Is Barred From CrossFit Games

Canadian CrossFit athlete and champion of the West Regional Emily Abbott failed a drug test and will be banned for four years, according to CrossFit.

Jul 16, 2018 by Hunter Sharpless
Emily Abbott Fails PED Test, Is Barred From CrossFit Games

Canadian CrossFit athlete and champion of the West Regional Emily Abbott failed a drug test and will be banned for four years, according to CrossFit.

Although Abbott has never been crowned CrossFit champion, she has quite a decorated history. She finished in eighth place at the Games in 2015 and 20th the following years. She’s been a ridiculously dominant force in Canada, though, basically making it her CrossFit playground for the last few years. The former University of Windsor basketball player will most certainly have her Regional title stripped.

Abbott wasn’t the only one caught, however. Below are the others who breached the policy. The table (courtesy of CrossFit) includes the athletes' names, the length of their banes, as well as, interestingly, the substances for which they tested positive.

RANKFIRST NAMELAST NAMEREG / DIVBANNED SUBSTANCERESULT
1EmilyAbbottWest / Indv.ibutamoren - anabolic agent

4-year sanction, ending June 2022

2DeanShawMeridian / Teamclomiphene - selective estrogen receptor modulator

4-year sanction, ending June 2022

3LauraHosierEast / Teamhigenamine - beta-2 agonist

4-year sanction, ending June 2022

1MariaCeballosLatAm / Teamstanozolol metabolites - anabolic agents

4-year sanction, ending June 2022

4AndreyGaninEurope / Indv.exogenous testosterone - anabolic agent

4-year sanction, ending June 2022

34NuhaAlmarriMeridian / Indv.GW1516 sulfoxide and GW1516 sulfone, metabolites of GW1516 and oral turinabol - metabolic modulator and anabolic androgenic steroid

4-year sanction, ending June 2022

5StephanieAraujoLatAm / Teamstanozolol metabolite - anabolic agents

4-year sanction, ending June 2022

28JoelMunroPacific / Indv.metabolites of GW1516 - metabolic modulator

4-year sanction, ending June 2022

34RachelCampbellSouth / Indv.metabolite of oxandrolone - anabolic agent

4-year sanction, ending June 2022

37KaraPaslayCentral / Indv.1,3-dimethylbutylamine - stimulant

2-year sanction, ending June 2020

28MeganBenzikSouth / Indv.epimentendiol, metabolites of methandienone and oxandrolone, epioxandrolone, methanol, a letrozole metabolie, and amphetamine

4-year sanction, ending June 2022

25CarlosCastilloLatAm / TeamLGD4033

4-year sanction, ending June 2022

8GenaMalkovskiyEurope / Indv.clomiphene, meldonium, and a metabolite of drostanolone

4-year sanction, ending June 2022

CrossFit obviously has a thorough and intense drug policy, and Abbott and the others suspended here are the latest to get caught.

Update 7.17.18

Abbott has responded to the CrossFit report — and she's not happy:

Those are fightin' words.