Olympian Tara Davis-Woodhall Stripped of Title After Testing Positive for Cannabis

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Another Olympian was flagged after testing positive for cannabis, leading to a one-month suspension and having her national indoor title stripped. U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) announced on April 25 that Olympian long jumper Tara Davis-Woodhall, of Fayetteville, Arkansas, accepted a one-month suspension after testing positive for cannabis. Davis-Woodhall achieved a new World Lead Long Jump of 6.99 meters (22 feet 11 ¼”) at the 2023 USATF Indoor Championships. The suspension arrived shortly after Sha’Carri Richardson was disqualified from the American team at the Tokyo Olympics for the same reason. The USADA’s original reasoning for banning cannabis use among its athletes is that pot poses a health and safety risk to athletes and that cannabis can be performance-enhancing.

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Another Olympian was flagged after testing positive for cannabis, leading to a one-month suspension and having her national indoor title stripped. Sounds familiar? The suspension arrived shortly after Sha’Carri Richardson was disqualified from the American team at the Tokyo Olympics for the same reason.

U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) announced on April 25 that Olympian long jumper Tara Davis-Woodhall, of Fayetteville, Arkansas, accepted a one-month suspension after testing positive for cannabis. While Davis-Woodhall’s ban already ended last week, the penalty...

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