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WADA removes Angolan NOC from non-compliant list

  • WADA

Following a vote by the Executive Committee (ExCo), the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has, with immediate

effect, removed the National Olympic Committee (NOC) of Angola (acting as the National Anti-Doping Organisation

, NADO) from the List of Signatories that do not comply with the World Anti-Doping Code. 

non-compliance was the result of its failure to fully implement the 2021 version of the World Anti-Doping

On 23 January 2024, the World Anti-Doping Association (WADA) sent the NOC of Angola a formal notice of

use national symbols such as the anthem and flag due to delays in the approval of the country's anti-doping

 There are currently two non-compliant Signatories to the Code, namely the Russian Anti-Doping Agency


US feds call on World Swimming official to explain Chinese probe

  • Swimming

WADA “disappointed” by the American Department of Justice’s investigation of the 2021 contamination case of 23 athletes from China, again cites concerns over the Rodchenkov Act and the latest subpoena of executive director Brent Nowicki.

The doping scandal first went viral when the news broke in late April, then spiralled with back-and-forths

between the World Anti-Doping Agency, global athlete-led pressure groups, international media outlets

and the United States Anti-Doping officials; and now it seems to have hit its legal stage, as World

globally, dating back to a federal law passed by the US government intended to investigate suspected doping

York Times revealed the positive tests in late April, as has the pushback from WADA and Chinese anti-doping


Boxer Ryan Garcia banned after racist social media rant

  • Boxing

The World Boxing Council (WBC) expelled fighter Ryan Garcia from participating in its events on Thursday following his racist outburst on social media.

was Ostarine, which, while not a steroid, can promote muscle growth and is included on the World Anti-Doping


Russia paid part of 2023 dues to WADA

  • Olympics

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has received part of its 2023 contribution from Russia, the global

anti-doping organisation told Russian news agency TASS.

"Following documented problems with the international transfer system, the World Anti-Doping Agency has

 WADA has often expressed "scepticism about anti-doping practices in Russia".

Meanwhile, (RUSADA) did not test any Russian figure skaters for doping in May, according to the documents

from the Russian Anti-Doping Agency.

From January to April 2024, RUSADA tested 59 skaters for doping, TASS reported.


Brazil aims to break gold medal record in Paris with a strong female team

  • Home

With a majority female delegation and the goal of breaking the medal record, Brazil will arrive at the great event on 26 July, aiming to surpass the seven gold medals won in the Tokyo Games.

hang gold around her neck (Rio 2016), returns to the Games after missing the Tokyo edition due to a doping


Paris 2024: 12-year-old skater Vareeraya Sukasem to represent Thailand

  • Skateboarding

She first stepped on a skateboard five years ago. Last month, she dramatically secured her place in Budapest. She will be one of the youngest athletes at Paris 2024. "I did it," she said, her Olympic dream come true. She qualified 18th out of 22 for the women's street skateboarding event, which will take place at Place de la Concorde in the French capital on 28 July.

Olympic Games at the age of 12.After failing to make it through to the final round, Vareeraya went to the doping


Technology paves the way in anti-doping fight

  • Olympics

The International Testing Agency (ITA) is honing its tools for the Paris Olympics and will implement technology and new models to identify and deter potential cheats.

bodies and police is yielding positive results.Founded in 2018, the ITA not only oversees the anti-doping

Some doping practices allow athletes to achieve results very quickly," he noted.

Then, the ITA examines delegations and "the history of doping in that country".

the development of their performances, any suspicious biological passport profiles, suspicious anti-doping

Artificial intelligence will enable us to say: 'this is really an unusual result, which could suggest doping


US tennis player Sydney Dorcil's appeal rejected by CAS

  • Olympics

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has rejected American tennis player Sydney Dorcil's appeal against her four-year ban for using prohibited substances.

American tennis player Sydney Dorcil has lost her appeal against a four-year doping ban imposed by the

Integrity Agency (ITIA).The ITIA imposed the four-year sanction for a violation of the Tennis Anti-Doping

player, who was ranked 1255 in the WTA singles rankings as of January 2023, had tested positive for doping

of Arbitration for Sport has dismissed American tennis player Sydney Dorcil's appeal against an anti-doping

Integrity Agency (@itia_tennis) July 2, 2024CAS also found that the player failed to prove that her doping


Olympic swimmers hope for winning edge with latest "rocket suits"

  • Swimming

Swimmers battling for gold at this month's Paris Olympics are banking on the latest cutting-edge swimsuits to be their secret weapon in the pool. Competitors believe innovation can be the difference in a sport where medals are sometimes decided by a mere fingertip, although the evidence is not so sure.

since Speedo's controversial full bodysuit used at the 2008 Beijing Olympics was branded "technological doping


Anti-doping system grows leaps and bounds due to data and AI

  • Paris 2024

Agency (ITA), Benjamin Cohen, says that “without data, they cannot stop anything” in the fight against doping

In recent years, the fight against doping in sport has been facing a new challenge: the sophistication

of doping techniques and the increasing amount of data available.

previous results have seemed suspicious.Deep and comprehensive work“In the last 25 years, the anti-doping

Aware of modern methods, where genetic and technological doping -which science allows to develop- have

, possible violations of the anti-doping code-; and finally, the athlete is put under the microscope


ITA at the helm of Paris 2024… and beyond

  • Olympics

political tensions, overspending, security risks, health concerns and the never-ending fight against doping

testing procedures since mid-April, frequently contacting international federations and national anti-doping

If there are athletes doping, they're going to do it before the Olympics, so the phase before the Olympics

Indeed, the fight against doping at the Olympics is not restricted to the days of competition in Paris

the urine and blood samples: they will be coordinated by the French Anti-Doping Agency (AFLD).

In line with global anti-doping practices, genetic doping can now be detected.


“No winners” in Chinese swimmers’ doping case

  • Swimming

In an interview with AFP, Anti-doping expert April Henning calls out WADA for mishandling the 23 positive

24 days to go until the Paris 2024 Olympic Games start and the backlash directed at the World Anti-Doping

initial news broke in April that many of the athletes suspected of using the drug trimetazidine (TMZ) for doping

nbsp;"There are no winners here: this is a huge mess and one largely of WADA's own making," the anti-doping

It was also the medication at the centre of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics doping scandal involving

Olympic gold medallist Sun Yang, will not be in Paris -- he is only just back from suspension for an anti-doping


ITA: 40,000 samples analysed in 2023, leading the fight against doping

  • News

It covers work with more than 15,000 athletes and 65 Independent Federations. 485 potential anti-doping

Last year, the ITA led independent anti-doping initiatives for more than 65 international sports federations

 ITA independently assessed, investigated and processed 485 potential anti-doping rule violations

 Respect for the World Anti-Doping Code and independence in anti-doping, according to the ITA, have

Its development is one of the best tools to implement the anti-doping regulatory framework established

by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).ITA led the fight against doping in 2023.


Renaud Lavillenie’s Paris 2024 bid not to be

  • Athletics

The star pole vaulter who smashed the 21-year-old record by the great Sergey Bubka will miss out on the 2024 Olympics on his home turf after failing to achieve the qualifying height in his final chance at the French championships on Sunday.

After being suspended for doping, appealing the decision and having been granted permission by the Court


Thiago Braz, Olympic pole vault record holder, fails to qualify for Paris 2024

  • Athlete's Websites

The Brazilian, who has been suspended for doping but is appealing the decision, had been granted permission

The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU), the anti-doping body that suspended pole vaulter Thiago Braz, announced

 The suspension of the Rio 2016 Olympic champion was for 16 months, until November 2024, for doping