Record-Breaking Sprinter Issam Asinga Files Suit Against Gatorade Over Alleged Contaminated Product Amidst Career-Defining Olympic Setback
NEW YORK — Issam Asinga, a teenage track sensation from Suriname and once hailed as the fastest high school sprinter in the world, has filed a lawsuit against beverage giant Gatorade after a wellness product he consumed supposedly caused a positive drug test that derailed his burgeoning career. The lawsuit, initiated in the Southern District of New York, asserts that Gatorade-supplied Recovery Gummies, intended to aid athletic recovery, were tainted with a banned substance, leading to Asinga’s four-year suspension from track and field and stripping him of his recent 100 meters record. The allegations by … Read more