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David Owen: A question for the anti-doping police: do you really need to extract 180 samples in eight

  • Inside the Blogs

Arbitration for Sport (CAS) are one of the best ways of gaining insight into the minutiae of the war against doping

been poring over the 78-page Arbitral Award produced in the latest high-profile case – the World Anti-Doping

one of his samples”.But that leaves 179 samples which, it would appear, have yielded no further anti-doping

hearing ©Getty ImagesBut not only that, should it not also set alarm bells ringing among anti-doping

Also worth underlining is that because this Doping Control Assistant was the only male on the sample

“The term “DCA” or “Doping Control Assistant” does not appear in the WADA Code, the FINA [Doping Control


Fate of RusAF tops agenda at World Athletics Council meeting

  • Athletics

The Russia Athletics Federation (RusAF) will once again be the focus on the World Athletics Council at their latest meeting here in Monaco, following the organisation’s Extraordinary Conference and ongoing uncertainty over their athletes’ potential participation at this year's Olympic Games in Tokyo.

former leadership.The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) charged seven officials with obstructing an anti-doping



CAS clear World Championship long jump silver medallist of doping violation

  • Athletics

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has annulled Jarrion Lawson of his four-year doping ban after

explanation and claimed his legal team had been unable to prove he bore no fault or negligence for the anti-doping

was subsequently given a four-year ban.Lawson appealed the decision at CAS, who cleared him of the doping


Mike Rowbottom: Sporting inspiration - and desolation - recalled on International Women's Day

  • Inside the Blogs

The plethora of comment, support, celebration and information marking yesterday’s International Women’s Day included, as one would expect, a huge amount of material in the sporting realm.

Robbed of so many medals like @sharond62 due to the doping of Soviet block athletes.

time.British sprinter Kathy Cook was beaten on several occasions by East Germans who were part of a state doping


FEI Sports Forum moves online due to coronavirus outbreak

  • Equestrian

The International Equestrian Federation (FEI) has taken the decision to cancel the in-person aspects of its upcoming Sports Forum and host the time-sensitive sessions online due to the coronavirus outbreak.

Maintaining the full consultation process is important to us, so we will organise an online FEI Anti-Doping

Rules session, including an update on the new WADA (World Anti-Doping Agency) Code and on the proposed

changes to the Equine Anti-Doping Rules."


WADA to monitor anti-doping activity in coronavirus-hit areas

  • News

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has said it will closely monitor testing activity in regions affected

The organisation has also called on Anti-Doping Organizations (ADO) worldwide to prioritise health and

safety while protecting the integrity of doping control programmes.If it is determined that there has

all ADOs to follow the advice of local health authorities to ensure proper protection of athletes and doping

control personnel; while, protecting the integrity of doping control programmes, particularly in the

advise WADA of any amendments that they are making to their testing programmes so that the global anti-doping


Japanese swimmer Hiromasa Fujimori to miss Tokyo 2020 as CAS upholds doping ban

  • Swimming

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has upheld Hiromasa Fujimori's two-year doping ban, meaning

FINA) World Short Course Championships held in Hangzhou in China.In October of last year, the the FINA Doping

test, Fujimori had finished third in both the 100 metres and 200m individual medleys.The Japanese Anti-Doping


Mexico City laboratory ceases operations after WADA bid to keep it open fails

  • News

The Mexico City laboratory has ceased operations after the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) failed with

the Laboratorio Nacional de Prevención y Control del Dopaje-CONADE - was no longer conducting anti-doping

of maintaining an accredited laboratory in Mexico", WADA said.It deals a blow to WADA and its anti-doping

accredited laboratories in the Americas.The laboratory in Mexico City will no longer carry out any anti-doping


IFBB Medical Commission appoints new member

  • Fitness and Bodybuilding

Dr Fernando Enríquez Corrales has been appointed as a member of the International Federation of Bodybuilding and Fitness (IFBB) Medical Commission.

supervision of the IFBB Medical Commission.Testing is governed by, and conducted pursuant to, the IFBB Anti-Doping

Rules, which conform to the provisions of the World Anti-Doping Agency Code.


Rodchenkov's lawyer dismisses forgery claims in CAS case involving Russian biathletes

  • Biathlon

team of three Russian biathletes stripped of their Olympic medals for their role in the Sochi 2014 doping

forged.In response, Jim Walden, the lawyer for the whistleblower who exposed the Russian state-sponsored doping

their Olympic 4x6 kilometres relay silver medals after they were found to have been involved in the doping

Olympic biathlon relay gold medal is reinstated ©Getty Images"Russia’s latest defense to its intransigent doping

crimes is its craziest yet as they preposterously claim that the affidavits detailing doping crimes

Zaitseva, Romanova and Vilukhina filed a lawsuit against Rodchenkov, the former head of the Moscow Anti-doping


Morocco and Nigeria added to list of countries most at risk of doping by AIU

  • Athletics

Morocco and Nigeria have been added to a list of countries considered to have the highest doping risk

“The doping threat in Morocco remains acute and the AIU considers that more needs to be done to address

support of the relevant Moroccan authorities.”A total of 33 Moroccan athletes are currently serving doping

Agency of Kenya to try to tackle the problem.Bahrain's Ruth Jebet was handed a four-year doping ban

Rules sets out the National Federations’ anti-doping obligations.It was introduced at the beginning

risk, the AIU considers two factors.The first is the absolute doping risk posed by the federation’s


Olympic steeplechase champion Jebet handed four-year doping ban

  • Athletics

Rio 2016 Olympic steeplechase gold medallist Ruth Jebet has been handed a four-year ban, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) has announced.

Kenya's Beatrice Chepkoech.A number of other long distance runners, the majority Kenyan, are also serving doping


National Olympic Committee of Kenya appoint Tokyo 2020 chief medical officer

  • ANOCA

Carole Akinyi will be aiming to ensure Kenyan athletes comply with anti-doping policies aat this year's

coordination and delivery of appropriate medical services at Tokyo 2020, including athletes comply with anti-doping

 "With Kenya being on red alert internationally on doping, she will be at the forefront of co-ordinating

doping matters as set out by IOC and NOCK policies and ensuring compliance from all of Team Kenya,"

nbsp;It was confirmed in January that Kenyan athletes going to Tokyo 2020 will undergo mandatory anti-doping

number of their athletes, including Rio 2016 Olympic marathon champion Jemima Sumgong, currently serving doping


Mollaei cleared to compete for Mongolia at Tokyo 2020 after IOC approves nationality change

  • Tokyo 2020

Iranian former world judo champion Saeid Mollaei has been cleared to represent Mongolia at Tokyo 2020 after his switch of allegiance was approved by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board.

approved by the IOC's ruling body.Among the others was cyclist Olga Zabelinskaya, who served an 18-month doping

blocked from competing at Rio 2016 after the IOC attempted to ban any Russian athlete who had served a doping