The guiding light for the newly formed Biathlon Integrity Unit (BIU) is to build confidence and trust in a clean biathlon, a better biathlon than we had witnessed in recent years. 

And, when it comes to anti-doping, which forms a significant part of the BIU’s mandate, how do you judge

Therein lies the challenge, because I am unsure whether consensus within the anti-doping community -

21 years after the formation of World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) - has been sought, on what amounts to

 Law enforcement appears to be an obvious case study with which to compare anti-doping work.

Why not apply this approach to the anti-doping effort?

An updated Athletes' Commission toolkit has been published by the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC).

 At such forums, ANOC claim it is best practice to hold educational sessions on anti-doping, match

Dr Niall Elliott has been appointed as the chief medical officer for the British Olympic Association (BOA) ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

The BOA said Elliott will provide direction and leadership on all medical and anti-doping matters to

The accreditation of the Helsinki Doping Control Laboratory has been reinstated by the World Anti-Doping

requirements for reinstatement.The decision allows the Helsinki Laboratory to resume all of its anti-doping

non-conformities with the ISL requirements.WADA is responsible for accrediting and re-accrediting anti-doping

Olympic medallist Mary Kom and heralded coach Billy Walsh are among the chairs and and vice-chairs appointed to lead the seven International Boxing Association (AIBA) Committees.

Board member - vice-chair.Monaco's Olympic team doctor Ioannis Filippatos heads the Medical and Anti-Doping

The sport manager for weightlifting at Tokyo 2020 says the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) is risking the sport’s Olympic future by delaying its elections until after the rearranged Olympic Games.

consultation to the IWF’s key stakeholders - the IOC, the International Testing Agency, the World Anti-Doping

Cornel Marculescu is stepping down as International Swimming Federation (FINA) executive director after 35 years in the role.

 Yang had been given a secret three-month doping ban two years before winning the 200 metres freestyle

title, and FINA's attitude towards Sun has been a source of severe criticism from anti-doping advocates.In

vial with a hammer during an attempted drugs test, FINA let Sun off with a warning, by the World Anti-Doping

Bahrain's 800 metres runner Nelly Jepkosgei has received a three-year suspension from the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) after fabricating a story about a car crash to explain a whereabouts failure.

Jepkosgei had not been at her home address in Kapsabet in Kenya when a doping control officer visited

had rushed to hospital after being informed that her sister had been in a serious car crash.The Anti-Doping

 As a result, the 29-year-old was found to have committed an anti-doping rule violation in accordance

with rule 2.5 of the World Athletics Anti-Doping Rules, which deals with incidents of tampering or attempted

 It was Jepkosgei's first anti-doping rule violation, but her ban will now make her ineligible for

Alberto Salazar's appeal against his four-year suspension at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) is set to be heard today after it was postponed from November due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

given a four-year ban in 2019 following a six-year investigation conducted by the United States Anti-Doping

 The 62-year-old Salazar was banned for "orchestrating and facilitating prohibited doping conduct

substance testosterone to multiple athletes, and tampered, or attempted to tamper, with NOP athletes' doping

athletes have been charged with any offences related to Salazar and Brown, although the World Anti-Doping

Mo Farah and double world champion Sifan Hassan of The Netherlands.Neither has been charged with a doping

Benjamin Karl clinched his fifth world title after triumphing in the parallel slalom at the International Ski Federation (FIS) Snowboard World Championships in Rogla.

women's parallel slalom ©Getty ImagesCompeting under the Russian Ski Federation banner due to World Anti-Doping

confirmed it will move its World Championships from Russia amid sanctions imposed by the World Anti-Doping

2021, in Moscow, Russia, due to the decision of the CAS in favor of WADA to declare the Russian Anti-Doping

Agency (RUSADA) non-compliant with the World Anti-Doping Code for a period of two years," a WAKO statement

The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) should hold its delayed elections before the rearranged Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games or the sport’s chances of retaining its place on the Olympic programme will suffer.

The IWF has responded to IOC criticism by reversing a change to anti-doping rules, vowing to give athletes

for the IWF to consult its own members, as well as external stakeholders such as the IOC, World Anti-Doping

A dedicated Tokyo 2020 anti-doping webpage has been launched by the International Paralympic Committee

The resource features links to the Tokyo 2020 Doping Control Guidebook and IPC Anti-Doping Code, as well

of educational resources including PlayTrue2020 - a Tokyo 2020 legacy project led by the Japan Anti-Doping

and Japanese Government that promotes the values of clean sport - is another element.Information on doping

and medical professionals to support staff, to understand the significance and intricacies of anti-doping

- and to arrive at Tokyo 2020 well prepared," said IPC anti-doping director James Sclater.The IPC has

Dmitry Loginov and Selina Jörg retained the respective men and women's parallel giant slalom titles at the International Ski Federation (FIS) Snowboard World Championships in Rogla.

, Sluev and Nadyrshina were all competing under the Russian Ski Federation banner due to World Anti-Doping

A final plan for the reinstatement of the Russian Athletics Federation (RusAF) has been approved by the World Athletics Council.

made public on Andersen's recommendation.The plan includes the establishment of an independent anti-doping

shall fund an increased targeted testing program of a larger pool of athletes".The independent anti-doping

with the deadline for a strategic plan up to 2024 - covering governance, finances, training and anti-doping

RusAF President Peter Ivanov had to step down last month to comply with World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA

who meet certain criteria to take part at elite events - is set to be discussed.An independent anti-doping