Eric Lira pleads guilty to supplying performance-enhancing drugs to Olympic athletes
Related: First Defendant Charged With Violating Anti-Doping Act Pleads Guilty In Manhattan Federal Court (U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of New York)
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Source: BBC
Eric Lira pleads guilty to supplying performance-enhancing drugs to Olympic athletes
9 May 2023 Athletics
A Texas man faces up to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to supplying performance-enhancing drugs to Olympic athletes.
Eric Lira, 43, is the first defendant to be charged under a new US law introduced in the wake of Russia's state-backed Olympic doping scandals.
The 2020 law is named after Russian whistleblower Grigory Rodchenkov.
US Attorney Damian Williams said in a federal court the case was a "watershed moment for international sport".
The Rodchenkov Anti-Doping Act enables US authorities to prosecute individuals involved in "doping schemes for the purpose of influencing international sports competitions" including those who have not previously been governed by sport anti-doping laws
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