Blue Bombers' Andrew Harris Suspended for Use of Banned Substance

With the news of Laurence Vincent Lapointe, one of Canada's top medal contenders in next year's Tokyo Olympics, being provisionally suspended for a doping violation still fresh in our minds, another top Canadian athlete fails a routine drug test. 

Andrew Harris, a running back for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League has been suspended by the league for two games after he tested positive for a banned substance.

As in Laurence Vincent Lapointe case, the nature of the substancein which they tested positive for has not been revealed. As far as Harris knows, he was not using a banned substance for performance-enhancing purposes, nor was he aware he was taking any supplements with any banned substances in them. What we do know is that Harris claims the product that may have lead to the positive test was a male energy supplement that contains antioxidants, multivitamins and natural testosterone enhancers.

In recent months, Andrew has been tested many times and never failed a test till now:

"Throughout my four years playing here in Winnipeg, I have been drug tested more than any other player on our team to the point that it has become a running joke within our locker room," Harris, 32, said in his statement. This year alone I've been tested three times: The first time on March 1, 2019, in the off-season, followed by July 2 (blood and urine samples), and finally 10 days later on July 12 through a urine sample. Somehow on July 12, just 10 days after a test that came back completely clean, I was notified that I had tested positive for the first time in my career with very small trace of a banned substance."

The ten year veteran is a four-time CFL All-Star as well as the Most Outstanding Canadian of the 99th Grey Cup following a BC Lions' win. To add to his credentials, Harris is currently leading the league in rushing yards and has won the past two rushing titles. He is on course to making Winnipeg Blue Bombers history as no tailback in Winnipeg has ever claimed three straight rushing titles. Earlier this month, he solidified his spot in the CFL record books by becoming the all-time CFL leader among Canadian players for yards from scrimmage and also made it into the league's top 10 all-time rushing list.

Source: cbc.ca

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