UPDATE 25 October 2025: The International Testing Agency (ITA) ruled that Imogen Simmonds is not guilty of an anti-doping violation since the Ligandrol contamination was due to via sexual intercourse. Her preliminary suspension is lifted and she is free to compete again.

Swiss triathlete Imogen Simmonds has been preliminarily suspended after returning a positive anti-doping test result for the banned drug Ligandrol, according to Triathlon – Insider. Coach. Experte.

Simmonds, 31, was tested out-of-competition on 8 December 2024, shortly before the Ironman 70.3 World Championships (where she finished fourth) and claimed she did not know how Ligandrol entered her body.

Subsequently, Simmonds posted on social media she had carnal knowledge that her long-time boyfriend had taken the banned drug, which entered her body via the exchange of fluids during sexual intercourse.

Ligandrol is a selective androgen receptor modulator (SARMs) originally developed for the treatment of muscle waisting diseases, but has long been used by athletes to promote muscle growth without the negative side effects of anabolic steroids. Athletes are banned from using it at all times by the World Anti-Doping Agency.

Simmonds plans to challenge the anti-doping violation charge since other female athletes have won similar cases (Lapointe, Harris).

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