Brazilian athlete Lara Procopio has been sanctioned by the United States Anti-Doping Agency after a failed drug test, but she has already served her suspension.
On Monday, USADA officials announced that Procopio was issued a six-month suspension under the UFC’s anti-doping policy after she tested positive for ostarine during an out-of-competition sample collection on Feb. 17.
Ostarine is a banned substance defined as a selective androgen receptor modulator (SARM) and is illegal at all times for athletes. The drug has been commonly found in supplements with numerous cases involving UFC athletes over the past few years.
“Following notification of her positive test, Fritzen Procopio provided an open container of a dietary supplement she obtained from a Brazilian compounding pharmacy that she was using prior to her positive test, and which she declared on her doping control form, for analysis at a WADA-accredited laboratory,” USADA officials wrote in a statement.