US therapist pleads guilty in Okagbare Olympic doping case
New York (AFP) - A Texas therapist faces up to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty on Monday to supplying performance-enhancing drugs to Olympic athletes including banned Nigerian sprinter Blessing Okagbare, US authorities said. Eric Lira, a "naturopathic" therapist based in the city of El Paso, is the first individual to be convicted under a new US law introduced in the wake of Russia's state-backed Olympic doping scandals, the Department of Justice said in a statement. The 2020 law, named after Russian whistleblower Grigory Rodchenkov, enables US authorities to prosecute individuals inv......
May 09, 2023