Victor Conte – you may know him first as a boxer, but then, for all the wrong reasons. Once the founder of Blanco lab that was involved in the infamous doping scandals that rocked the track and field world in the 2000s, he changed his life around for good when he founded SNAC, a sports nutrition company advocating for clean training. Conte’s world shook again in June 2025 when he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer that ultimately led to his demise on November 3.
Back in the early 2000s, Conte was the central piece in one of sports’ biggest doping scandals. The scandal involved MLB star Barry Bonds and the five-time Olympic medalist Marion Jones (who was stripped of her medals following her PED use confession), Tim Montgomery, and Shane Mosley. It was BALCO Lab, a company that Conte foun

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