Published 2 years ago

U.S. charges therapist with giving performance enhancing drugs to athletes for Tokyo Olympics

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Eric Lira, an El Paso, Texas-based therapist, was arrested on Wednesday and was expected to appear later Wednesday before a federal judge in Texas. The complaint did not identify any athletes who allegedly received drugs, including human growth hormone and erythopoietin, used to boost production of red blood cells.

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Times of India

US charges therapist with giving performance enhancing drugs to athletes for Tokyo Olympics

More sports News: US prosecutors on Wednesday announced charges against a Texas therapist for allegedly distributing performance-enhancing drugs to athletes participati

2 years ago·India

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CTV News

Man charged with giving Olympic athletes performance drugs

U.S. prosecutors charged a Texas man on Wednesday with providing performance-enhancing drugs to athletes competing in last summer's Olympics in Tokyo, including the star Nigerian sprinter Blessing Okagbare.

2 years ago·Canada

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The Independent

Man charged with supplying performance drugs to Olympians

Federal prosecutors have charged a Texas man with providing performance-enhancing drugs to athletes competing in the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, including the star Nigerian sprinter Blessing Okagbare

2 years ago·London, United Kingdom

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Reuters

U.S. charges therapist with giving performance enhancing drugs to athletes for Tokyo Olympics

NEW YORK -U.S. prosecutors on Wednesday announced charges against a Texas therapist for allegedly distributing performance-enhancing drugs to athletes participating in the Olympic Games held in Tokyo last summer. The charges against Eric Lira, unsealed by federal prosecutors in Manhattan, marked the first U.S. criminal accusations of doping related to the Tokyo games, which were

2 years ago·United Kingdom

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CBC News

Man charged with giving Olympic athletes performance drugs

U.S. prosecutors charged a Texas man on Wednesday with providing performance-enhancing drugs to athletes competing in the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, including the star Nigerian sprinter Blessing Okagbare.

2 years ago·Canada

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Associated Press News

Man charged with supplying performance drugs to Olympians

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. prosecutors charged a Texas man on Wednesday with providing performance-enhancing drugs to athletes competing in the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, including the star Nigerian sprinter Blessing Okagbare.

2 years ago·United States

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