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.

4 months ago·Washington, United States

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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

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NEW YORK (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Federal prosecutors have charged a Texas man with providing performance-enhancing drugs to athletes competing in last summer’s Olympics in Tokyo, including the star Nigerian sprinter Blessing Okagbare.Eric Lira, 41, of El Paso, is the first person to be charged under a new U.S. anti-doping law governing international sports competitions.The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Manhattan said Lira distributed the drugs, including …

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