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Dressel stars at World Aquatics Championships as King disqualified in Gwangju

  • Aquatics

American Caeleb Dressel put in an exceptional display to win the men's 100 metres freestyle at the World Aquatics Championships in Gwangju as his compatriot Lilly King suffered a controversial disqualification. 

matter to a jury, which also ruled against her.The American has been an outspoken critic of FINA and its doping

and his latest case is currently at the Court of Arbitration for Sport on behalf of the World Anti-Doping


Mike Rowbottom: The disturbing sound of athletes and officials out of harmony

  • Inside the Blogs

In an ideal sporting world, athletes and those who govern them work in harmony to produce entertaining spectacles, improved achievements and, ideally, an atmosphere that attracts new generations of followers and participants.

despite allegations that a hammer was taken to a vial of his blood that was due to be analysed for anti-doping

Sun avoided punishment from FINA and its doping panel over the alleged smashed sample, instead receiving

a warning.The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has filed an appeal against this decision to the CAS.If

swimmers in their Federation.Two-times Olympic champion Lilly King has been another outspoken critic on doping


David Owen: The destructive power of the podium protest

  • Inside the Blogs

Is the podium about to emerge as a new front in the battle for a more effective anti-doping system?

gestures, if targeted at specific individuals, could end up undermining the all too fragile global anti-doping

proceedings at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Switzerland.This is after the World Anti-Doping

against a decision not to sanction him over an allegation regarding the smashing of a blood sample.FINA’s doping

according to accounts of its findings now in the public domain, that the swimmer had not committed an anti-doping



Taymazov stripped of second Olympic gold medal for doping at London 2012

  • London 2012

Uzbekistan's Artur Taymazov has been stripped of the gold medal he claimed in the men's freestyle 120 kilograms wrestling event at London 2012 after he tested positive in retrospective analysis of samples by the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

Taymazov also lost his Beijing 2008 Olympic gold medal from the same event after he was caught doping

his failed test.Both finalists in the 120kg freestyle event at London 2012 have been found guilty of doping

disqualification means both finalists in the 120kg freestyle event at London 2012 have been found guilty of doping

retests.Georgia's Davit Modzmanashvili, who lost the gold medal bout to the Uzbek, was also caught doping


Second swimmer protests against Sun Yang after Chinese wins again at FINA World Aquatics Championships

  • Aquatics

Sun Yang was the subject of another protest at the International Swimming Federation (FINA) World Aquatics Championships after winning his second gold medal in Gwangju.

accordance with the FINA Constitution rule C 12.1.3," they said.Sun avoided punishment from FINA and its doping

panel over the alleged smashed sample, instead receiving a warning.The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA

United States edging Russia's Yuliya Efimova in a women's 100m breaststroke final which also had a doping


RUSADA claim track and field athletes most tested so far this year

  • Athletics

Russian track and field athletes were the most tested by the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) in the

In its latest report, RUSADA said 675 track and field competitors had undergone doping tests in the first

months between January and June ©Getty ImagesAccording to Russia's official state news agency TASS, doping

been collected by RUSADA.RUSADA revealed earlier this month that it had uncovered 102 suspected anti-doping

athletes in 2019.The organisation also confirmed an investigation into 33 athletes who are facing anti-doping


Froome awarded 2011 Vuelta a España as Cobo stripped of title

  • Cycling

Vuelta a España title after winner Juan José Cobo of Spain was stripped of the honour over an anti-doping

commitment to clean cycling.The UCI announced last month that Cobo had been found guilty of an anti-doping

rule violation based on abnormalities from 2009 and 2011 detected in his biological passport.Its Anti-Doping


FINA send warning letter to Horton after Australian's podium protest in Gwangju

  • Swimming

The International Swimming Federation (FINA) has issued a warning to Swimming Australia and swimmer Mack Horton following his medal podium protest against controversial Chinese swimmer Sun Yang, who claimed the gold medal in the men's 400 metres freestyle final at the World Aquatics Championships here yesterday.

being dealt with by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).Sun avoided punishment from FINA and its doping

panel, instead receiving a warning.The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) filed an appeal against this




Indian long-distance runner Jadhav handed two-year doping ban

  • Athletics

long-distance runner Sanjivani Jadhav has been banned for two years by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) for a doping

The athlete has accepted the above consequences for her anti-doping rule violations and has expressly

bronze medallist ©Getty ImagesAs reported by the Press Trust of India, the country's National Anti-Doping

Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne.Jadhav was handed a provisional suspension last month for failing a doping

Delhi, but it was later discovered to contain the prohibited substance when tested at the World Anti-Doping

was founded by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) in April 2017 to combat doping


United States and Colombia on medals trail as Chinese weightlifters swarm to top of Olympic rankings lists

  • Weightlifting

China's chances of winning a record haul of Olympic gold medals next year are clear for all to see after the publication of the latest International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) rankings for Tokyo 2020.

Olympic Games, missed the Pan American Championships in April because he fell foul of the IWF's anti-doping

unwelcome weightlifting headlines in another of the world's most populous countries, India.First, another doping

for India, which will be restricted to a maximum of four quota places at Tokyo 2020 because of its doping

international, but the numbers show, first, that Indian weightlifting still has a significant problem with doping


Horton makes podium protest as controversial Chinese swimmer Sun claims gold in Gwangju

  • Aquatics

Mack Horton refused to step onto the medal podium on the first night of swimming at the World Aquatics Championships as his rivalry with controversial Chinese swimmer Sun Yang took another twist here in Gwangju.

earlier this year but avoided punishment from the International Swimming Federation (FINA) and its doping

panel, instead receiving a warning.The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has since filed an appeal against


USA Weightlifting chief executive Phil Andrews tips Bolivia for rankings rise

  • Weightlifting

Phil Andrews, chief executive of USA Weightlifting, offered his advice and expertise to an administration and management seminar held in the framework of the International Weightlifting Federation’s Development Programme in Santa Cruz, Bolivia.

administration, promotion, management of economic resources, prevention and education in the fight against doping

administrators had submitted questions and answers, working on areas such as good governance, anti-doping