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UK Sport denies putting performance gain ahead of athlete welfare through "novel nutritional intervention"

  • Olympics

UK Sport has denied putting performance gain ahead of athlete welfare after an investigation found British Olympians were given a so-called "novel nutritional intervention" to allegedly try and improve results.

Athletes were given DeltaG, an energy boosting drink, despite doubts about whether it was within anti-doping

Additionally, UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) confirmed in writing, after seeking clarification from the World

Anti-Doping Agency, (WADA), that WADA had no reason to consider such substances as banned under the 2011

follow strict rules, which may lead to a supplement containing a substance that is prohibited under anti-doping

attributed to the use of supplements and taking a poorly labelled supplement is not an adequate defence in a doping


Lalovic to stand unopposed for second six-year term as UWW President

  • Wrestling

Nenad Lalovic is set to be re-elected for a second six-year term as United World Wrestling (UWW) President after the governing body confirmed he will run unopposed in this year's elections.

the International Boxing Association, while he has served as an IOC representative on the World Anti-Doping


India searching for new athletics coach in time for Olympics after age forces Singh to quit

  • Athletics

India have launched the search for a new coach to lead them to next year's Olympic Games in Tokyo after Bahadur Singh was forced to step down after more than 25 years because he was refused the chance to carry on in the role because of his age. 

Indian athletes have, however, also been involved in a number of doping scandals, including Gomathi Marimuthu


Kipchoge sub-two hour marathon pacer given two-year ban over whereabouts failures

  • Athletics

Kenya’s Alex Korio Oloitiptip has been banned for two-years after three whereabouts failures within a 12-month period.

two-hour marathon barrier last year, marked another blow for Kenyan athletics amid a series of anti-doping

added that Korio "accepted the proposed consequences by signing and returning an admission of anti-doping

athletes are currently serving suspensions, according to the AIU database.The AIU organised an anti-doping

offences.Kenya is one of seven countries classed in Category A by the AIU in relation to their doping

risk.Category A nations are both successful at international level but present a "high absolute doping


IBU and Russian Sports Ministry welcome Maigurov election as Russian Biathlon Union President

  • Biathlon

Viktor Maigurov has been elected President of the Russian Biathlon Union (RBU) on a two-year term, with the former world champion tasked with overseeing the efforts to restore the organisation's full membership of the International Biathlon Union (IBU).

IBU.The IBU relegated the RBU to provisional membership in December 2017 in response to the country's doping

pay $6.31 million (£5 million/€5.6 million) as part of reinstatement criteria following the nation's doping


FIAS holds first educational webinar with members of national federations from across Africa

  • Sambo

The International Sambo Federation (FIAS) has hosted the first of three scheduled educational webinars with members of national federations from across Africa.

the Sambo community to achieve our common goal to return on the mats in coming weeks," said FIAS anti-doping

to enable FIAS to continue its educational work during the lockdown enforced by the pandemic, with doping


Belarusian Athletics Federation would "consider" Russian athletes who wish to switch allegiance

  • Athletics

Belarusian Athletics Federation President Vadim Devyatovskiy revealed he would "consider" Russian athletes who wished to switch allegiance.

pay $6.31 million (£5 million/€5.6 million) as part of reinstatement criteria following the nation's doping

million) in various costs.In reaction to the missed deadline, World Athletics halted the work of the Doping

then-President Dmitry Shlyakhtin – were charged by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) with obstructing an anti-doping



Two more Welsh players banned by UKAD as rugby hall of shame continues to grow

  • Rugby Sevens

UK Anti-Doping Agency (UKAD) has issued suspensions to two Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) players for committing

anti-doping rule violations (ADRVs).

player, Jesse Patton has been suspended from all sport for a period of four years following an Anti-Doping

https://t.co/sCiQi6hVRk#banfromsport pic.twitter.com/q6d7uJ59L8— UK Anti-Doping (@ukantidoping) July



RUSADA director general Ganus denies "unacceptable" allegations of corruption

  • Latest

Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) director general Yuri Ganus claimed that "unacceptable" allegations

"massive heart attack" in February 2016 shortly after Russia became implicated in a state-sponsored doping

general in August 2017 and oversaw the controversial reinstatement of the organisation by the World Anti-Doping

recommendation of its Compliance Review Committee (CRC) to again deem RUSADA non-compliant with the World Anti-Doping

Championships it has been awarded.RUSADA has appealed the WADA decision to the CAS.The national anti-doping

someone who could inspire confidence in a renewed RUSADA and was untarnished by its central role in the doping


Former weightlifting world champion Binay's London 2012 result wiped for doping

  • Weightlifting

Turkish weightlifter and 2010 world champion Mete Binay has had his results from the London 2012 Olympic Games disqualified by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) after a reanalysis of a sample from the Games showed a positive test for a banned substance.

samples in a re-test showed Binay had stanozolol in his system - a form of anabolic steroid.Under anti-doping

Commission.Ilya Ilyin was one of the most notable weightlifters to have his London 2012 records wiped for doping


RusAF President Yurchenko suggests court action if neutral status for Russian athletes removed

  • Athletics

Russian Athletics Federation (RusAF) President Yevgeny Yurchenko has pledged court action if Russian athletes are unable to compete internationally under neutral status.

pay $6.31 million (£5 million/€5.6 million) as part of reinstatement criteria following the nation's doping

million) in various costs.In reaction to the missed deadline, World Athletics halted the work of the Doping

then-President Dmitry Shlyakhtin – were charged by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) with obstructing an anti-doping


Ben Nichols: One-stop shop for sports integrity fast proving to be the model du jour to protect international sport

  • Inside the Blogs

enriching, often tumultuous, period of time that I spent handling media relations for the World Anti-Doping

From a media agenda point of view, the tail end of the US Postal and international cycling doping troubles

soon replaced by the athletics and International Association of Athletics Federations corruption and doping

crises, which was remarkably again to be trumped in terms of severity by the Russian doping scandal.

half-Government structure, the New Zealander argued that the type of activities we would see in anti-doping

 After all, it doesn't matter if you're trying to tackle doping, match fixing, illegal betting or


Exclusive: Bitter weightlifting dispute goes public as angry Austrian opts to compete for Bulgaria

  • Weightlifting

The best young male weightlifter in Austria will not compete for his homeland again after a serious breakdown in relations with his national federation.

Bulgaria would result in him being tested more than ever.Bulgaria, unlike Austria, has a bad historic doping

problem started," said David Fischer.The Fischers were unhappy about comments from within the OGV about doping

a year, which could have led to a two-year suspension, but Lechner referred to the missed tests as "doping

Fischer stating "a missed test is a positive test for me".Gerhard Probst, chair of the Austrian Anti-Doping

is a crime in Austria, and when information was provided to the National Anti-Doping Agency it led to