CEO Of USADA Travis Tygart Shares His Story, Taking Down Lance Armstrong, The Shelby Houlihan Case & Thoughts On Keeping Sport Clean

THE RUNNING EFFECT PODCAST

Dominic Schlueter

Running, Sports

4.8 • 686 Ratings

🗓️ 16 December 2022

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Summary

USADA is one of the world's leading organizations on anti-doping and protecting clean athletes. Who is the face behind the organization? Travis Tygart. Having been CEO of USADA since 2007, Travis works closely with the USADA Board of Directors to carry out the organization’s mission of preserving the integrity of competition, inspiring true sport, and protecting the rights of clean athletes.

Tygart was the man personally behind the downfall of Lance Armstrong and exposed the U.S. Postal Service pro-cycling team doping conspiracy. He has also published numerous papers and law review articles on various topics, including Title IX, antitrust, and doping in sport as well as been a strong advocate for meaningful justice in the Russian doping scandal, and reforms to the World Anti-Doping Agency to ensure a strong and independent global anti-doping system.

Tygart has been recognized by Sports Illustrated as one of the 50 Most Powerful People in Sports, named to the TIME 100 list of Most Influential People in the World for 2013, and deemed one of the Top 12 World Sports Personalities of the Year by Sport Intern. He has also been named one of the World’s Most Influential Sports Personalities by Inside Sport.

When Travis agreed to come on the podcast, I was beyond thrilled at the opportunity to discuss USADA, clean sport, and his own personal story. This conversation is a deep dive into his career and all the ups and downs that have come with it. We discuss all that he's accomplished and the lessons he's learned along the way. We also go deep into conversation about USADA, catching cheaters, protecting the innocent, the RUSADA scandals, and much more! This episode is a fascinating one and well worth listening to.

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0:00.0	Welcome to today's episode of The Running Effect with Dominic Schleader. I'm your host
0:07.6	Dominic, and before we hop into today's incredible episode of the show, I would greatly appreciate
0:13.3	it if you subscribe to the show on Spotify or Apple Podcasts. If you enjoy today's episode,
0:18.6	give us a five-star review if you haven't already, and share the show with a friend or two.
0:22.9	Doing these three things, one, helps us reach new listeners and hopefully inspire them in the process.
0:27.9	But two, it also helps you stay up to date through subscribing to the show.
0:31.5	Today, I have the great, wonderful privilege of interviewing Travis Tigard.
0:36.4	Travis is the man behind the organization, Usada, which stands for the U.S. anti-doping agency.
0:42.3	Tygart has been the CEO of Usada since 2007, and through this job, he works closely with the
0:48.3	Usada Board of Directors to carry out the organization's mission of preserving the integrity of competition, inspiring true sport,
0:55.7	and protecting the rights of clean athletes.
0:58.5	Tygaard was also the man personally behind the downfall of Lance Armstrong and exposed the U.S. Postal Service
1:04.0	pro cycling team doping conspiracy, which was very fascinating to hear about in this conversation.
1:09.7	Tygaard has been recognized by Sports Illustrated as one of the 50 most powerful people in sports,
1:16.3	named two times 100 list of most influential people in the world for 2013, and deemed as one
1:23.3	of the top 12 world sports personalities of the year by sport intern.
1:28.9	He has also been named one of the world's most influential sports personalities by inside sport. So when Travis
1:34.5	agreed to come on the podcast, I was beyond thrilled at the opportunity to discuss
1:38.7	Usada, clean sport, and his own personal story. This conversation is a deep dive into his
1:44.1	career and all the ups and downs
1:45.4	that have come with it. We discuss all that he's accomplished and the lessons he's learned along the
1:49.3	way. We also go deep into conversation about Usada, catching cheaters, protecting the innocent,
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