Update from Gymnastics Examiner via KP:
… in Sacramone’s case this is perplexing, because she announced her unretirement in the summer of 2009, a full 11 months before she competed at the CoverGirl Classic this past July. She also stated in interviews that she knew she had to be in the doping pool for six months before she could compete again.
Turns out Sacramone was enrolled in the U.S. anti-doping program, and has been tested twice during the past year (both results were negative.) But she was not enrolled in the FIG’s program, which is what spurred the warning. That comes down on USA Gymnastics, and the FIG recognized it.
“This decision was taken to protect these two world-class gymnasts from the negligence of their Federations,” the FIG stated in a press release. …
Oops. USAG bad.
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Nations must get more organized in the official retirements and unretirements of their National Teams.
The FIG Presidential Commission has sanctioned USA Gymnastics and the Ukrainian Gymnastics Federation with a strong written warning for their failure to announce the return to competition of their gymnasts Alicia Sacramone (USA) and Natalia Godunko (UKR), six months prior to taking up competition, thus violating WADA and FIG Anti Doping Rules. …
FIG – Strong written warning!
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This will help prevent the sanction faced by Dragalescu.
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