Shawn Milne named 2007 Professional Criterium National Champion
Shawn Milne named 2007 Pro Criterium National Champion
Colorado Springs, Colo. (October 7, 2010) – Following USADA’s disqualification of Kirk O’Bee’s results,Shawn Milne (Beverly, Mass.) has been named 2007 USA Cycling Professional Criterium National Champion.
USA Cycling contacted Milne today to congratulate him on his title. A 2007 Stars-and-Stripes jersey was also mailed to the rightful winner.
The updated 2007 national champions list can be found here, while the updated results from the 2007 USA Cycling Professional Criterium National Championships can be found here.
USADA announced yesterday that an independent American Arbitration Association (AAA) panel issued a written decision finding that Kirk O’Bee has received a lifetime suspension for a second doping offense based on his use of synthetic erythropoietin (EPO) and human growth hormone (hGH).
The AAA panel also disqualified O’Bee’s competitive results back to October 3, 2005, including the national criterium title he won as the first American to cross the line in the 2007. (Canadian Martin Gilbert was first).
As O’Bee was also included in the National Racing Calendar (NRC) standings for the years 2007, 2008, and 2009, those standings have been adjusted as well. Please click on the links below to see the updated NRC men’s individual standings for each year.
2007 NRC standings
2008 NRC standings
2009 NRC standings
O’Bee, 33, had previously received a one-year sanction from USADA after a sample collected from him on June 10, 2001, at the USPRO Championships in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, tested positive for testosterone, a prohibited anabolic agent.
The recent AAA decision found that O’Bee’s sample, collected in an out-of-competition doping control on May 20, 2009, was positive for synthetic EPO. The AAA panel also found that documentary evidence obtained by USADA and introduced at the hearing, including emails reflecting the purchase or use of prohibited substances, such as EPO and hGH, and purchase of a blood measuring device, established that O’Bee had actually committed a second doping violation by at least October 3, 2005, nearly four years prior to his second positive drug test.
The AAA panel ruled that the second positive test and evidence of multiple purchases of prohibited substances should result in lifetime ineligibility. As a result of the decision, O’Bee has been disqualified from all competitive results achieved on and subsequent to October 3, 2005, including forfeiture of any medals, points, and prizes. The AAA panel decision followed a full evidentiary hearing.
HGH and EPO are in the class of Peptide Hormones, Growth Factors and Related Substances and are prohibited under the USADA Protocol for Olympic and Paralympic Movement Testing and the rules of the International Cycling Union (UCI), both of which have adopted the World Anti-Doping Code (“Code”) and the World Anti-Doping Agency Prohibited List.
NOTE: The AAA decision is available on the USADA website here:
www.usada.org/
Note: Read the press-release for O’Bee’s first sanction here: http://www.usada.org/files/active/resources/press_releases/PressRelease_7_18_2002.pdf
In an effort to aid athletes, as well as all support team members such as parents and coaches, in understanding the rules applicable to them, USADA provides comprehensive instruction on its website on the testing process and prohibited substances, how to obtain permission to use a necessary medication, and the risks and dangers of taking supplements as well as performance-enhancing and psychoactive drugs. In addition, the agency manages a drug reference hotline, Drug Reference Online (www.GlobalDRO.com), conducts educational sessions with National Governing Bodies and their athletes, and proactively distributes a multitude of educational materials, such as the Prohibited List, easy-reference wallet cards, periodic newsletters, and protocol and policy reference documentation.
USADA is responsible for the testing and results management process for athletes in the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Movement, and is equally dedicated to preserving the integrity of sport through research initiatives and educational programs.
Colorado Springs, Colo. (October 7, 2010) – Following USADA’s disqualification of Kirk O’Bee’s results,Shawn Milne (Beverly, Mass.) has been named 2007 USA Cycling Professional Criterium National Champion.
USA Cycling contacted Milne today to congratulate him on his title. A 2007 Stars-and-Stripes jersey was also mailed to the rightful winner.
The updated 2007 national champions list can be found here, while the updated results from the 2007 USA Cycling Professional Criterium National Championships can be found here.
USADA announced yesterday that an independent American Arbitration Association (AAA) panel issued a written decision finding that Kirk O’Bee has received a lifetime suspension for a second doping offense based on his use of synthetic erythropoietin (EPO) and human growth hormone (hGH).
The AAA panel also disqualified O’Bee’s competitive results back to October 3, 2005, including the national criterium title he won as the first American to cross the line in the 2007. (Canadian Martin Gilbert was first).
As O’Bee was also included in the National Racing Calendar (NRC) standings for the years 2007, 2008, and 2009, those standings have been adjusted as well. Please click on the links below to see the updated NRC men’s individual standings for each year.
2007 NRC standings
2008 NRC standings
2009 NRC standings
O’Bee, 33, had previously received a one-year sanction from USADA after a sample collected from him on June 10, 2001, at the USPRO Championships in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, tested positive for testosterone, a prohibited anabolic agent.
The recent AAA decision found that O’Bee’s sample, collected in an out-of-competition doping control on May 20, 2009, was positive for synthetic EPO. The AAA panel also found that documentary evidence obtained by USADA and introduced at the hearing, including emails reflecting the purchase or use of prohibited substances, such as EPO and hGH, and purchase of a blood measuring device, established that O’Bee had actually committed a second doping violation by at least October 3, 2005, nearly four years prior to his second positive drug test.
The AAA panel ruled that the second positive test and evidence of multiple purchases of prohibited substances should result in lifetime ineligibility. As a result of the decision, O’Bee has been disqualified from all competitive results achieved on and subsequent to October 3, 2005, including forfeiture of any medals, points, and prizes. The AAA panel decision followed a full evidentiary hearing.
HGH and EPO are in the class of Peptide Hormones, Growth Factors and Related Substances and are prohibited under the USADA Protocol for Olympic and Paralympic Movement Testing and the rules of the International Cycling Union (UCI), both of which have adopted the World Anti-Doping Code (“Code”) and the World Anti-Doping Agency Prohibited List.
NOTE: The AAA decision is available on the USADA website here:
www.usada.org/
Note: Read the press-release for O’Bee’s first sanction here: http://www.usada.org/files/active/resources/press_releases/PressRelease_7_18_2002.pdf
In an effort to aid athletes, as well as all support team members such as parents and coaches, in understanding the rules applicable to them, USADA provides comprehensive instruction on its website on the testing process and prohibited substances, how to obtain permission to use a necessary medication, and the risks and dangers of taking supplements as well as performance-enhancing and psychoactive drugs. In addition, the agency manages a drug reference hotline, Drug Reference Online (www.GlobalDRO.com), conducts educational sessions with National Governing Bodies and their athletes, and proactively distributes a multitude of educational materials, such as the Prohibited List, easy-reference wallet cards, periodic newsletters, and protocol and policy reference documentation.
USADA is responsible for the testing and results management process for athletes in the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Movement, and is equally dedicated to preserving the integrity of sport through research initiatives and educational programs.
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