Scott Boothby
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Scott Boothby is a male hammer throw
er from the United States
. He was a 1997 World University Games alternate and an alternate on the 2005 World Championship Team (Helsinki) with a 4th place finish at the 2005 USA National Championships.
His best distance achieved was 243 feet 5 inches (2005). Ranked in the top 50 in the USA from 1995-2005 (#53 in the World in 2005). He retired from competitive throwing in 2005. In 2006 after being retired for a full year, he was given an out of competition test, which revealed the hair loss supplements "Propecia" in his sample (Propecia was believed to be a masking agent at the time) doping. Boothby got eight years ineligibility (August 1, 2006 until July 31, 2014) and disqualification of all results from June 25, 2006. He has since been reinstated and cleared by USADA and USATF due to Propecia being taken off the banned substance list. He is currently training for the 2012 games in London.
http://www.usatf.org/about/legal/antidoping/suspensions.asp
Hammer throw
The modern or Olympic hammer throw is an athletic throwing event where the object is to throw a heavy metal ball attached to a wire and handle. The name "hammer throw" is derived from older competitions where an actual sledge hammer was thrown...
er from the United States
United States
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. He was a 1997 World University Games alternate and an alternate on the 2005 World Championship Team (Helsinki) with a 4th place finish at the 2005 USA National Championships.
His best distance achieved was 243 feet 5 inches (2005). Ranked in the top 50 in the USA from 1995-2005 (#53 in the World in 2005). He retired from competitive throwing in 2005. In 2006 after being retired for a full year, he was given an out of competition test, which revealed the hair loss supplements "Propecia" in his sample (Propecia was believed to be a masking agent at the time) doping. Boothby got eight years ineligibility (August 1, 2006 until July 31, 2014) and disqualification of all results from June 25, 2006. He has since been reinstated and cleared by USADA and USATF due to Propecia being taken off the banned substance list. He is currently training for the 2012 games in London.
http://www.usatf.org/about/legal/antidoping/suspensions.asp