Issam Asinga
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| Full name | Issamade Joseph Tommy Asinga [1] | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 29 December 2004 | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Suriname, United States | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Track and field | |||||||||||||||||
Event | Sprints | |||||||||||||||||
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Issamade Asinga (born 29 December 2004) is a dual American-Surinamese national sprinter who competes in the 100 and 200 meters.
Asinga is currently serving a four-year ban set to expire in August 2027 for an anti-doping rule violation which as of June 2025 is under appeal. His 100m personal best of 9.89 seconds was the world under-20 record and the Surinamese national record, however both are currently disqualifed.[2]
Early years
[edit]Asinga was born in Atlanta, Georgia, United States in 2004. His parents are Tommy Asinga and Ngozi Mwanamwambwa who were both track and field athletes representing Suriname and Zambia respectively.[3] Asinga mostly grew up in the United States with a four-year period between the ages of 9 and 13 living Lusaka, Zambia with his mother.[1]
Career
[edit]Asinga attended Montverde Academy 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.[4]
Asinga switched his international athletics country of representation from the United States to Suriname in May 2023.[5]
Anti-doping rule violation
[edit]In August 2023, Asinga was provisionally suspended by the Athletics Integrity Unit after testing positive for the banned substance GW1516.[6] On May 27, 2024, he was officially banned for four years and all of his results since July 18, 2023 will be disqualified.[7] This included his World Under-20 record for the 100m that he set at the South American Championships.[8] As of June 2025, Asinga is currently appealing the ban to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.[9]
Assinga sued Gatorade in 2024, alleging that the cardarine had entered his system via contaminated Gatorade Recovery Gummies provided to him by the company.[10] In April 2025, a U.S. District Judge dismissed the case.[11]
Personal bests
[edit]| Event | Time | Wind (m/s) | Venue | Date | Notes |
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| 100 m | 9.89 | +0.8 | São Paulo, Brazil | 28 July 2023 | Disqualified |
| 9.83 w | +2.6 | Clermont, Florida, US | April 23, 2023 | Wind-assisted | |
| 200 m | 19.97 | +1.3 | Austin, Texas, US | 29 April 2023 | AU20R, NR |
| Indoor 60 m | 6.57 | — | Boston, US | 11 March 2023 | |
| Indoor 200 m | 20.48 | — | Boston, US | 12 March 2023 |
- Information from World Athletics profile.[12]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Day 1 CAS 2024/A/10658 Issamade Asinga v. World Athletics (Radoux, Benz, Haas). Court of Arbitration for Sport. 30 June 2025. Retrieved 12 September 2025 – via Vimeo.com.
- ^ "Issam Asinga banned 4 years, has record stripped for doping positive". ESPN. 27 May 2024.
- ^ "Report29 Jul 2023 Asinga breaks world U20 100m record at the South American Championships". Retrieved 29 July 2023.
- ^ "Issam Asinga Named Gatorade Florida Boys Track & Field Player of the Year". 29 June 2023. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
- ^ "Issamade ASINGA". World Athletics.
- ^ Kahler, Theo (11 August 2023). "Record-Setting 18-Year-Old Sprinter Issam Asinga Provisionally Suspended for Banned Substance". Runner's World. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
- ^ "Issam Asinga banned 4 years, has record stripped for doping positive". ESPN. 27 May 2024.
- ^ AIU BANS SURINAME’S ASINGA FOR FOUR YEARS, [Athletics Integrity Unit], May 27, 2024.
- ^ "Public hearing - Issamade Asinga v. World Athletics". CAS. 30 June 2025.
- ^ Tennery, Amy; Stempel, Jonathan (10 July 2024). "Sprinter Asinga sues Gatorade over 'recovery gummies' after ban". Reuters.
- ^ Stempel, Jonathan (28 April 2025). "PepsiCo's Gatorade defeats banned sprinter's lawsuit over 'recovery gummies'". Reuters.
- ^ Issam Asinga at World Athletics
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