Really? Flint’s Claressa Shields Banned From Boxing in Michigan?

Flint native and two-time Olympic gold medalist Claressa Shields has been suspended from boxing in the state of Michigan.

Shields started boxing at the age of 11 at Berston Field House in Flint. Her coach, Jason Crutchfield, groomed her for years. By the time she was 17 and a junior of Flint Northwestern she was attending the AIBA Women's World Championships in China. Despite her first-ever loss in the second round of that event, it was that day that she got some very exciting news.

Claressa got word that she had punched her ticket to the 2012 London Olympic Games. She called her coach with the thrilling news and said, "Coach! I made the Olympics! I made the Olympics!" Since then Shields has not only won two Olympic gold medals but she is the only boxer that can say they hold every single world title, including the WBA, WBC, IBF and WBO, within three weight classes.

But this week at age 29, undisputed world champion Claressa Shields has been suspended from boxing in the state by The Michigan Unarmed Combat Commission. Following her won over heavyweight Danielle Perkins on February 2nd, an 'oral fluid sample' showed that marijuana was present in her system.

Although both medical and recreational marijuana is legal in Michigan, weed is banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) in competition. According to the World Boxing Council Clean Boxing Program both Shields and her opponent have undergone testing by the Voluntary Anti-Doping Agency (VADA) .

Claressa vows to be vindicated and posted on social media, "Clean athletes win."