Olympic weightlifting hopeful with ties to Puxico, Jackson serving four-year ban for doping

PUXICO, Mo. -- An Olympic hopeful from Puxico, Missouri, has been banned from the 2020 Summer Olympics after testing positive for a drug often associated with athletes who compete in the field of weightlifting.

Jackson native Tyler Moore, age 24, has accepted a four-year sanction for an anti-doping rule violation, according to the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA).

A urine sample of Moore's taken on Feb. 8, 2017, proved positive for Ostarine -- also called Enobosarm. The drug is on the list of drugs banned by the WADA (the World Anti-Doping Agency) established in 1999 to deal with the increasing problem of doping in the sports world. News of the violation was made public in late May.

According to the USADA, Ostarine is in the class of Anabolic Agents and is prohibited at all time under their Protocol for Olympic and Paralympic Movement Testing, the US Olympic Committee National Anti-Doping Policies and the International Weightlifting Federation.

Moore had reportedly solicited for and received some sponsorships to help fund his Olympic endeavors. He also had established a "Go Fund Me" online solicitation page that garnered donations of $1,105.

Moore is listed as a freshmen on the 2016-17 Olympic Weightlifting Team at Lindenwood College in St. Charles, Mo. He is a native of Jackson but a graduate of Puxico High School.

Although Ostarine is an illegal drug, it is reportedly easily obtained in the U.S. It is used, especially by weightlifters, to increase muscle mass and to maintain body composition while reducing the number of side effects as traditional anabolic steroids produce.

Moore's four-year ineligibility began on the test date of Feb. 8, 2017. Additionally, according to the USADA, he has been disqualified from all competitive results obtained on and subsequent to Feb. 8, which includes forfeiture of any medals, points and prizes.