Swimmer Jessica Hardy Competitors are Permitted to Use Similar Asthma Drugs

[Millard Baker]

U.S. Olympic swimmer Jessica Hardy tested positive for the asthma medication Clenbuterol in both A and B samples at the U.S. Olympic Trials in Omaha, Nebraska on July 1st and July 4, 2008. Clenbuterol is a bronchodilator belonging to a class of drugs known as beta-2 adrenergic agonists or long-acting beta-2 adrenergic agonist (LABA) . Clenbuterol is similar to other asthma drugs like Albuterol which many of Hardy's competitors are permitted to use [...]

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