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"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

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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Is athletics winning the fight against doping?

It’s now five years since the creation of the Athletics Integrity Unit, so how much progress has been in that time when it comes to the war on drugs? We discover a changed landscape

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Therapeutic exceptions and sanctioned drugs. How should it be working?

Some athletes can take drugs as a therapeutic exception and some permitted drugs can easily become sanctioned ones. These facts have become the cause of may current doping scandals. Russian sports doctor Petr Lidov will tell us how it can be changed.

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Doping

26.01.2022

9 Doping Scandals That Changed Sports

Athletes have always been driven to win, but the advent of performance-enhancing drugs has resulted in stripped titles, ban from sports and more.

Throughout history, athletes have been willing to ingest just about anything to improve their performance on the field. Some ancient Greeks turned to figs, while others used mushrooms, and ancient Egyptians believed that ground mule hooves could boost their athletic prowess.

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Olympic Games

01.12.2021

FINA reveals statistics from "successful" Tokyo 2020 anti-doping testing programme

The International Swimming Federation (FINA) has released statistics from its Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games anti-doping testing programmes, which it has described as "successful".

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