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Doping-Education first but drug-testing in gamers' future, says WADA

Gamers who use stimulants could be frozen out of competitions after the World Anti-Doping Agency and Global Esport Federation said they will work on an education programme that could lead to signing onto the WADA Code and open the door to the Olympics.

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World 10km record holder Rhonex Kipruto suspended for suspected doping

10km record holder faces four-year ban if found guilty

The world 10km record holder, Rhonex Kipruto, has been suspended for suspected doping offences in yet another serious blow to the reputation of Kenyan athletics.

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US law passed to stop doping nets its 1st guilty plea

A man charged with providing banned substances to Nigerian sprinter Blessing Okagbare and another athlete pleaded guilty Monday, marking the first conviction under a landmark U.S. law designed to target wide-ranging doping schemes across the globe.

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Ukraine faces Olympic weightlifting ban after world champion’s doping violation

Ukraine has had a third weightlifting doping violation since the end of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games and faces expulsion from Paris 2024.

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What went wrong in Peter Bol’s doping case? A sport integrity expert explains

Lawyers for Australian 800-metre star Peter Bol say allegations the runner engaged in doping should be dropped after two independent labs found no evidence he used a banned substance. Bol has always strongly denied the allegations. So what went wrong?

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Amir Khan handed two-year ban from all sport after doping positive

Former world champion tested positive for ostarine in 2022 Positive test followed bout against Kell Brook in Manchester

Amir Khan, the former world champion boxer, has been banned from all sport for two years after he was found guilty of having ostarine, a banned performance-enhancing drug, in his system on the night he lost to his bitter rival Kell Brook last year.

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Olympian Peter Bol has provisional doping suspension for EPO lifted after B-sample does not match A-sample

Sport Integrity Australia has said it is still investigating Australian Olympian Peter Bol despite his provisional suspension for doping being lifted.

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U.S. Figure Skating 'deeply frustrated' by medal delay stemming from doping case involving Russian skater

Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva tested positive for a banned substance after the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing

U.S. Figure Skating is still waiting on the medals it won in the team event at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) continues to sort out a case involving Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva, and U.S. Figure Skating has begun to run out of patience as it awaits a resolution.

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WADA reports "return to normal testing levels" in 2021 figures

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has reported a 61.2 per cent increase in the number of testing samples analysed and recorded for 2021 compared to the previous year, which was significantly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Russian State Duma deputy Zhurova admits she expects WADA to appeal "intermediate" Valieva decision

Russian State Duma deputy Svetlana Zhurova has acknowledged that the Russian Anti-Doping Agency's (RUSADA) decision to effectively clear Kamila Valieva is an "intermediate" verdict, and she expects the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) to "play this situation in their own way".

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11.01.2023

Athletics doping in Russia is on the decline, says RUSADA

Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) director general Veronika Loginova has claimed domestic doping in Russian athletics has dropped, as the country looks to be reinstated into competition this year.

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08.01.2023

"No suggestion" of state-sponsored doping in Kenya, says World Athletics chief

World Athletics President Sebastian Coe has claimed that there is "no suggestion" of state-sponsored doping in Kenyan athletics despite a spate of positive drug tests.

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Doping

26.12.2022

Pound calls for toughening of anti-doping "whereabouts" rules

Richard Pound, the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) doyen, has urged reform of the "whereabouts requirement" used for out-of-competition drug testing, claiming that a "game" is currently being played with respect to missed tests.

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25.12.2022

ITTF President Joins WADA Foundation Board

The World Anti-Doping Agency announced that International Table Tennis Federation President Petra Sörling has been appointed to the body’s Foundation Board as one of the three ASOIF Representatives, effective January 2023.

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20.11.2022

Sochi 2014 bobsleigh medallist Evans given two-year anti-doping ban

Aja Evans, who won Olympic bobsleigh bronze for the United States at the Sochi 2014 Winter Games, has received a two-year suspension for what has been accepted as an unintentional anti-doping violation.

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11.11.2022

Doping agreement is symbol of Caribbean commitment to clean sport claims CANOC secretary Lewis

Outgoing Caribbean Association of National Olympic Committees (CANOC) President Brian Lewis has described the first Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Caribbean Regional Anti-Doping Organisation (RADO) as an "amazing initiative."

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08.10.2022

Dinara Sadykova: We did not notice any changes in the work of RUSADA

Suspension of Russian athletes has strongly affected all aspects of country’s sports system and doping wasn’t an exception. Within the 10th Interntional Forum "Russia - Country of Sports" anti-doping support specialist of Russian Boxing Federation Dinara Sadykova has told us about how RUSADA and national sports federations are working in the lack of international competitions and what plans and goals do they have for the nearest future.

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29.08.2022

Norway fears WADA non-compliance over testing rules for young athletes

Anti-Doping Norway (ADNO) fears that it could be declared non-compliant by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) due to no unannounced drugs tests being conducted on athletes under the age of 18 for the last two years.

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08.08.2022

RUSADA says Valieva investigation in "final stage" with six months elapsed

The Russian Anti-Doping Agency's (RUSADA) investigation into figure skater Kamila Valieva's positive test has reached its "final stage", with results expected "in the coming weeks".

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Doping

03.08.2022

Julia Plesovskikh

Anti-doping control system. Who takes charge of it?

Julia Plesovskikh

Anti-doping control system. Who takes charge of it?

Throughout the history of amateur and professional sports, athletes have used drugs to improve their physical condition. But over time, these actions began to be stopped more and more often, and violators - to be punished. An important question arises: who comes up with anti-doping rules, and who controls the actions of athletes in this area?

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