11/08/2014
If you are an athlete and competing in competitions monitored by WADA, watch out for the energy drinks you are buying...
Botswana’s most decorated athlete, Amantle Montsho is facing a two year suspension for failing a routine drug test at the recently ended Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games. It has been established that Montsho consumed an energy drink containing the banned substance Methylhexaneamine prior to the Commonwealth Games. A source close to the athlete said that the former women’s 400m world champion unknowingly consumed the substance and that she was not aware that she was consuming it. One of the energy drinks believed to contain the banned substance is named Anabolic Nitro Extreme Energy Surge.
The substance is in WADA’s prohibited list and it has been banned by sport authorities around the world since 2010. It is prohibited in the USA and not licensed by the European Medicines Agency.
Methylhexaneamine is considered one of the most difficult to detect substances and is commonly used as an energy boosting dietary supplement and can also be found in sports nutrition products. It is commonly found in pre workout energy drinks and nasal decongestants.
So there you go, something to write down and look out for.
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