Issamade Asinga (born 29 December 2004) is a

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se track and field sprinter who competes in the

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and

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. His 100m personal best of 9.89 seconds was the world under-20 record and the Surinamese national record, but was later stripped for doping.

Early years

Asinga was born in Atlanta, U.S., and grew up in Zambia, where his mother

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was born. His father is former track and field athlete

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, who still holds the Surinamese national records for 400m, 800m and 1500m, and represented the nation at three Olympic Games;

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, where he was the flag bearer in

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Career

Asinga attended

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where he was selected as the Gatorade Florida Boys Track & Field Player of the Year in 2023. He has signed a National Letter of Intent to compete on scholarship at Texas A&M University.

Doping and Provisional Suspension

In August 2023, he was provisionally suspended by the

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after testing positive for the banned substance

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. On May 27, 2024, he was officially banned for four years and all of his results since July 18, 2023 will be disqualified. This includes his World Under-20 record for the 100m that he set at the

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. Assanga has alleged in a suit filed in the Southern District of New York that

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provided him with Gatorade Recovery Gummies at their awards ceremony on July 11, 2023 in Los Angeles which were tainted with cardarine.

Personal bests

*Information from World Athletics profile.

References

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* 2004 births Living people Surinamese male sprinters Montverde Academy alumni American people of Surinamese descent American people of Zambian descent Zambian people of American descent Track and field athletes from Atlanta Doping cases in athletics American sportspeople in doping cases Surinamese sportspeople in doping cases {{Suriname-athletics-bio-stub