LEICESTERSHIRE'S CHRIS WRIGHT ADMITS TO SERVING NINE-MONTHS ANTI-DOPING BAN
Leicestershire County Cricket Club seamer Chris Wright has finally disclosed that he has been serving a nine-month anti-doping ban due to testing positive for a trace of an illegal substance.Wright shareda statement through the Professional Cricketers' Association (PCA) admitting his failed drug test, which was also confirmed after investigation to be without his knowledge. The 38-year-old seamer had only renewed his stay withLeicestershire last year, but has not been able to feature for the side in the entire season.
Despite the Cricket Regulator and the National Anti-Doping Agency recognising that Wright unintentionally consumed Ostarineâa non-performance-enhancing substance from a contaminated food supplementâhe still faced a ban. In response, the PCA declared its intention to lobby the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) to reassess its policy on trace amounts of banned substances ingested through contamination.
" I was shocked to find out that I had tested positive for trace amounts of a banned substance on a single occasion back in October 2023... I had been using a fruit supplement at the time, purchased from a well-known manufacturer, which had no sports performance-enhancing capability. I disclosed this fully on my doping control form before I provided a sample, as required, that returned the adverse result,"Wright said.
" I was extremely fortunate that, with the help of scientific experts, I was able to identify that the supplement was contaminated with Ostarine, a synthetic substance that ought not be in any food product in the UK, and the Cricket Regulator accepted this. I did not intend to take such a substance, nor could I have even known the supplement was contaminated with it. The panel found that I bore no significant fault, and I am pleased this matter has been resolved so that I can resume playing soon, after what has been an extremely difficult and trying time for me and my family,"Wright added.
Wright has now returned to training with the rest of Leicestershire and will be allowed to return to full playing action from July 19 for his county.
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