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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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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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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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Doping

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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Doping

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."