Overview

• A man pleaded guilty to providing banned substances to athletes competing at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
• He was the first individual charged under the Rodchenkov Act, a U.S. law allowing criminal charges against global sports doping conspirators.
• The man distributed human growth hormone and other drugs to athletes at the Tokyo Games, which were held in 2021 due to COVID-19.
• He could face up to 10 years in prison but will likely receive a lesser sentence under a plea agreement.
• The case stemmed from information provided to anti-doping authorities, who worked with law enforcement to investigate the man's system of obtaining drugs from Central and South America and providing them to athletes.