Iowa wrestler and coach Mike Zadick responds to anti-doping agency's disciplinary action

From Associated Press via USA Today:

GREAT FALLS, Mont. (AP) - Wrestling star Mike Zadick said disciplinary action against him by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency was prompted by a procedural mistake in the documentation process of obtaining an exemption for the drug triamcinolone acetonide. ..."I have had an injury and was given the drug Kenalog from my physician to help the healing process," Zadick said in a statement issued Saturday in Colorado Springs, Colo."The proper procedure is to fill out a TUE (Therapeutic Use Exemption). I was legally able to take the drug, but it had to be documented properly by filling out the TUE first. I have been educated about the proper requirements now and have learned from the situation. ...

"I have had an injury and was given the drug Kenalog from my physician to help the healing process," Zadick said in a statement issued Saturday in Colorado Springs, Colo.

"The proper procedure is to fill out a TUE (Therapeutic Use Exemption). I was legally able to take the drug, but it had to be documented properly by filling out the TUE first. I have been educated about the proper requirements now and have learned from the situation. ...

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