Thursday, 9 March 2017 : The infusion of the legal supplement L-carnitine, given to Farah in 2014 before a major race, is being probed by the US Anti-Doping Agency (Usada) to see if it broke rules on infusions. The infusion was carried out by UKA medics under instructions from Farah’s …
Read More »Russia’s anti-doping reforms are not happening quickly enough
Thursday, 9 March 2017 : Russia’s sport leaders have promised to improve the country’s record on doping. “It’s not happening at the speed I would have liked to see but it is happening,” Niggli said. Several sports federations, including athletics’ governing body the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), have …
Read More »Lewis Armstrong Faces November Trial Lawsuit
Friday, 24 February 2017 : He is accused of fraud by cheating while riding for the publicly funded US Postal Service team. The lawsuit was filed by Armstrong’s former team-mate Floyd Landis before being joined by the government in 2013. Armstrong was stripped of his seven Tour de France titles …
Read More »IAAF clears three Russians to compete
Friday, 24 February 2017 : Pole vaulter Anzhelika Sidorova, sprinter Kristina Sivkova and hammer thrower Aleksei Sokirskii all met the “exceptional eligibility criteria”. Russia’s athletics federation remains suspended from international competition after claims of state-sponsored doping. Sidorova, Sivkova and Sokirskii would compete as neutral athletes. Their participation in competitions is …
Read More »Banned Lance Armstrong fails to block £79m US government lawsuit
Wednesday, 15 Feb 2017 : The suit alleges that Armstrong defrauded the government by cheating while riding for the publicly funded US Postal Service team. It was filed by Armstrong’s former team-mate Floyd Landis before being joined by the government in 2013. A federal judge refused to block the lawsuit …
Read More »Swimming – China’s Chen banned for two years for doping at Rio
Chinese swimmer Chen Xinyi has been banned for two years after failing a drug test at the Rio Olympics, the sport’s governing body (FINA) said. Chen finished fourth in the women’s 100 meters butterfly at Rio but did not start in the 50m freestyle heats after Chinese state media reported …
Read More »All samples tested athlete Russia
LAUSANNE: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) will test all samples Russia athletes participating in the 2012 London Olympics. IOC President Thomas Bach said the report showed more than 1,000 athletes were involved in a conspiracy to hide a positive drug test. “Following the discovery by Professor (Richard) McLaren, I extend …
Read More »28 ATHLETES GUILTY OF DOPING
Olympic history could be rewritten as sports officials have re-tested urine samples from the 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games and found more than 75 athletes to be guilty of doping. Most are from Russia and Eastern European countries. At least 40 won medals. The number will go up as disciplinary …
Read More »Joanna Blair British javelin thrower suspended in doping case
Tuesday, 3 October 2017 : British javelin thrower Joanna Blair has been provisionally suspended after failing an anti-doping test. Blair, who won the British title last year with a personal best of of 57.44m, has the chance to appeal and the right to a full hearing. Blair, from Luton, represented Great …
Read More »SEA Games foreign medallist tests positive for doping
Wednesday, 6 September 2017 : A foreign medallist at the Kuala Lumpur SEA Games has tested positive for a banned substance. The Olympic Council of Malaysia (OCM) secretary Datuk Low Beng Choo (pic) confirmed that they had been notified by the Kuala Lumpur 2017 medical and anti-doping committee head Datuk …
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