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Olympic Long Jumper Tara Davis-Woodhall Stripped Of National Title After Positive Cannabis Test

<p><strong>Tara Davis-Woodhall<&sol;strong>&comma; a 23-year-old <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;olympic-medal-winning-volleyball-player-kim-glass-nearly-blinded-in-metal-pipe-attack-by-homeless-man&sol;&quest;&lowbar;gl&equals;1&ast;1m9drdg&ast;&lowbar;up&ast;MQ&period;&period;&ast;&lowbar;ga&ast;MTI4OTQwMzI1LjE2ODI1MTUwMjE&period;&ast;&lowbar;ga&lowbar;V2HX8YP3XL&ast;MTY4MjUxODg0Ni4yLjAuMTY4MjUxODg0Ni4wLjAuMA&period;&period;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Olympic<&sol;a> long jumper&comma; has been stripped of her national title after testing positive for THC&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The U&period;S&period; Anti-Doping Agency &lpar;<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;usada&period;org&sol;sanction&sol;tara-davis-woodhall-accepts-doping-sanction&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">USADA<&sol;a>&rpar; announced the decision on Tuesday&comma; and it follows Davis-Woodhall completing a one-month suspension&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>However&comma; the USADA ultimately ruled that her penalty should include losing the <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;runnerspace&period;com&sol;gprofile&period;php&quest;mgroup&lowbar;id&equals;44531&amp&semi;do&equals;videos&amp&semi;video&lowbar;id&equals;349958" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">title<&sol;a> she earned at the 2023 USA Track &amp&semi; Field Indoor Championships on Feb&period; 17—the same day that her failed drug test sample was collected&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;Davis-Woodhall has been disqualified from all competitive results obtained on and subsequent to February 17&comma; 2023&comma; the date her positive sample was collected&comma; including forfeiture of any medals&comma; points and prizes&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>The agency added that she was only suspended for one month &&num;8220&semi;because her use of cannabis occurred out-of-competition and was unrelated to sports performance&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Additionally&comma; Tara Davis-Woodhall &&num;8220&semi;successfully completed a substance abuse treatment program regarding her use of cannabis&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"CrfFrBzMR84" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Following the news&comma; the athlete&&num;8217&semi;s husband—Paralympian <strong>Hunter Woodhall<&sol;strong>—made an Instagram post and wrote&comma; <em>&&num;8220&semi;Life can&&num;8217&semi;t get much sweeter&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Davis-Woodhall proceeded to share one of the photos on her Instagram Story and stoically added&comma; &&num;8220&semi;Just keep going&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"CreUDnsvm3b" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Sha&&num;8217&semi;Carri Richardson Was Barred From The Tokyo Olympics After Testing Positive For THC<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Davis-Woodhall&&num;8217&semi;s situation may remind readers of <strong>Sha&&num;8217&semi;Carri Richardson<&sol;strong>&&num;8216&semi;s&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>As <em><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;shacarri-richardson-speaks-out-after-drug-test-revealed-she-tested-positive-for-marijuana&sol;&quest;&lowbar;gl&equals;1&ast;1l2e413&ast;&lowbar;up&ast;MQ&period;&period;&ast;&lowbar;ga&ast;ODIwNjAzMjkxLjE2ODI1MTQ5OTI&period;&ast;&lowbar;ga&lowbar;V2HX8YP3XL&ast;MTY4MjUxNDk5MS4xLjEuMTY4MjUxNDk5OC4wLjAuMA&period;&period;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">The Shade Room<&sol;a> <&sol;em>previously reported&comma; Richardson tested positive for THC shortly ahead of the Tokyo Olympics in 2021&period; This ordeal unfolded after she <em><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;track-star-shacarri-richardson-trends-on-social-media-after-officially-qualifying-for-the-2021-u-s-olympic-team&sol;&quest;&lowbar;gl&equals;1&ast;slbw42&ast;&lowbar;up&ast;MQ&period;&period;&ast;&lowbar;ga&ast;MTI4OTQwMzI1LjE2ODI1MTUwMjE&period;&ast;&lowbar;ga&lowbar;V2HX8YP3XL&ast;MTY4MjUxNTAyMC4xLjAuMTY4MjUxNTAyMC4wLjAuMA&period;&period;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">dominated<&sol;a> <&sol;em>the U&period;S&period; Olympic Trials&comma; and it led to widespread controversy&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>However&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;shacarri-richardson-speaks-out-about-not-being-allowed-to-compete-in-the-olympics-i-know-what-i-have-to-do-moving-forward-in-my-career&sol;&quest;&lowbar;gl&equals;1&ast;1l2e413&ast;&lowbar;up&ast;MQ&period;&period;&ast;&lowbar;ga&ast;ODIwNjAzMjkxLjE2ODI1MTQ5OTI&period;&ast;&lowbar;ga&lowbar;V2HX8YP3XL&ast;MTY4MjUxNDk5MS4xLjEuMTY4MjUxNDk5OC4wLjAuMA&period;&period;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Richardson<&sol;a> took accountability and noted that she was trying to continue &&num;8220&semi;moving forward in &lbrack;her&rsqb; career&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;I&&num;8217&semi;m fine&period; I understand the situation that&&num;8217&semi;s going on&period; So&comma; I&&num;8217&semi;m accepting of it&comma; and I just know what I have to do moving forward in my career&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<h5 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">RELATED&colon; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;vaping-company-reportedly-offers-shacarri-richardson-250000-to-be-a-company-spokesperson&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Vaping Company Reportedly Offers Sha&&num;8217&semi;Carri Richardson 250&comma;000 To Be A Company Spokesperson<&sol;a><&sol;h5>&NewLine;<p>Eventually&comma; in early 2022&comma; Richardson <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;shacarri-richardson-questions-why-kamila-valieva-is-allowed-to-compete-in-beijing-olympics-after-failed-drug-test&sol;&quest;&lowbar;gl&equals;1&ast;spzif3&ast;&lowbar;up&ast;MQ&period;&period;&ast;&lowbar;ga&ast;MTc5ODQ5NDk0OS4xNjgyNTE2NTIz&ast;&lowbar;ga&lowbar;V2HX8YP3XL&ast;MTY4MjUxNjUyMi4xLjEuMTY4MjUxNjY3Ny4wLjAuMA&period;&period;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">made headlines<&sol;a> for questioning why Russian figure skater <strong>Kamila Valieva<&sol;strong>&comma; 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