Powerlifting Athlete Suspended for the Presence of GW501516

Ottawa – April 25, 2022 – The Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) announced today that Cody Sheppard, a powerlifting athlete, received a three-year sanction for an anti-doping rule violation. The athlete’s urine sample, collected during in-competition doping control on February 12, 2022, revealed the presence of GW501516, a prohibited hormone and metabolic modulator.

On April 5, 2022, Mr. Sheppard signed an Early Admission and Acceptance Agreement, thereby admitting to the violation and accepting the asserted period of ineligibility and all other consequences. As a result, the otherwise applicable four-year period of ineligibility was reduced by one year in accordance with Canadian Anti-Doping Program (CADP) rule 10.8.1. Because the athlete served a period of the provisional suspension beginning April 4, 2022, the three-year sanction terminates on April 3, 2025.

During the sanction period, the athlete, who resides in Fort McMurray, Alberta, is ineligible to participate in any capacity with any sport signatory to the CADP, including training with teammates.

In compliance with rule 8.4 of the CADP, the CCES’s file outcome summary can be found in the Canadian Sport Sanction Registry.

About the CCES

The CCES is an independent, national, not-for profit organization with a responsibility to administer the CADP. Under the CADP rules, the CCES announces publicly every anti-doping rule violation. We recognize that true sport can make a great difference for individuals, communities and our country. We are committed to working collaboratively to activate a values-based and principle-driven sport system; protecting the integrity of sport from the negative forces of doping and other unethical threats; and advocating for sport that is fair, safe and open to everyone.

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