Overview

• Imogen Simmonds tested positive for Ligandrol, a banned substance that promotes muscle growth and bone density, during a December 2024 doping test ahead of the Ironman 70.3 World Championship in New Zealand.
• Simmonds asserts she never knowingly ingested Ligandrol and attributes the positive result to her partner's use of the substance to enhance his physique.
• Hair sample analyses confirmed Simmonds had no traces of Ligandrol in her system, while her partner tested positive for the substance.
• The athlete and her legal team argue that the substance was transmitted through body fluids during intimate contact with her partner shortly before the test.
• Simmonds, who has been provisionally suspended, is working with experts to present evidence to anti-doping authorities to clear her name.