American hammer thrower Gwendolyn Berry, a two-time Olympian and a Pan Am Video games gold medalist, has been given a 16-month suspension after testing constructive for a banned substance, america Anti-Doping Company (USADA) mentioned Wednesday.
It’s the second doping ban inside a 10-year interval for Berry, who was a member of the 2016 and 2020 US Olympic groups.
Berry’s violation resulted from her use of a topical medicine containing the diuretic and masking agent spironolactone for which she had a prescription.
Nonetheless, Berry did not get hold of a Therapeutic Use Exemption for the medicine.
Berry’s 16-month ban was backdated to twenty-eight April, the date her provisional suspension was imposed, ruling her out of this month’s world athletics championships in Budapest.
The 34-year-old hammer thrower was additionally within the highlight on the 2019 Pan Am Video games in Lima the place she gained the gold medal and raised her fist on the rostrum because the US nationwide anthem performed, to carry consideration to social points again residence.
