Some Famous Doping CasesSome famous doping cases in sports are listed below. The period over which drugs are normally retained in the body are also mentioned. The Famous CaseDrug TakenDuration of Retention of DrugShoaib Akhtar, Pakistani cricketer was given a two year ban in 2006 for testing positive for nandrolone. Shoaib was sent back to Pakistan and missed out competing for the Champions Trophy.Nandrolone18 MonthsFormer three time champion James Toney tested positive for boldenone and stanozolol after a fight costing him the World Boxing Association (WBA) heavy weight championship.Boldenone18 MonthsBarry Bonds, the greatest baseball player of USA was banned from playing in the year 2011.Methenolone9 MonthsEight track runners from Monaco including Bulgarian sprinter Inna Eftimova have been banned from London Olympics 2012.Testosterone mix3-6 MonthsSeveral successful athletes and professional bodybuilders have come forward and admitted long-term methandriol use before the drug was banned, including Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sergio Oliva.Methandriol3-6 MonthsUSA Baseball champion Barry Bonds, athlete and track superstar Marion Jones, and Garry Sheffield the famous baseball player along with boxer Shane Mosley confessed using oxymetholone orally.Oxymetholone1-1.5 MonthsOn Monday, May 7 2012, Major League Baseball suspended the San Francisco Giant’s reliever Guillermo Mota for 100 games after he tested positive for the performance enhancing drug, clenbuterol.Clenbuterol1-2 WeeksBen Johnson lost his gold medal against Carl Lewis in 1980 Olympics Games after testing positive for stanozolol after the games.Stanozolol10 Days Reference: ATHLETE GUIDE TO THE 2020 PROHIBITED LIST - (http://www.usantidoping.org/files/active/what/usada_guide.pdf) Published on Aug 07, 2012Last Updated on Apr 18, 2016
