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Li Wenwen takes huge step towards Paris 2024 Olympics and targets Kashirina's records

  • Weightlifting

The Olympic champion Li Wenwen from China has all but qualified for Paris 2024 already after finishing 24kg clear of her nearest rival - Britain's Tokyo silver medallist Emily Campbell - in the women's super-heavyweights at the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Championships.

The temporary suspension was ended and all charges against Kashirina were dropped by the Russian Anti-Doping

the relevant areas of the IWF website.The rescinded suspension was based on data from the Moscow anti-doping


Bach to miss FIFA World Cup final in Doha after contracting COVID-19

  • World Cup

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach will miss this year's FIFA World Cup final in Doha on Sunday (November 20) between Argentina and France following medical advice that he should not travel after having contracted COVID-19.

talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin for the first time since the allegations of institutional doping


Russian Fencing Federation drops legal action against FIE athletes ban

  • Fencing

The Russian Fencing Federation (FFR) has dropped legal action against the International Fencing Federation's (FIE) decision to block the participation of its athletes from its competitions.

President at an Extraordinary Congress in June.Russian athletes, competing under the ROC banner due to anti-doping


Cybersecurity stepped up for Paris 2024 Olympics

  • Paris 2024

The team responsible for cybersecurity at the Paris 2024 Olympics have launched a series of exercises aimed at preventing a repetition of attacks at the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics through a programme of cyber malware dubbed "Olympic Destroyer."

judge who are there to intervene," he said.Other areas of concern include the technology around anti-doping

If we take the case of a country which for anti-doping commission reasons can no longer send athletes


Russia claims FIVB broke promise to compensate them for moving World Championships after Ukraine invasion

  • Volleyball

Volleyball Federation of Russia (VFV) secretary general Alexander Yaremenko has accused the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) of having "changed its position" in refusing to provide compensation for the moving of this year's Men's World Championship.

World Championship was won by Italy.Russia, who would have competed under the VFV name due to anti-doping

either country.Russia had previously been banned from hosting major events for the duration of anti-doping

expire on Saturday (December 17), although the FIVB was able to secure an exemption from the World Anti-Doping



USOPC chief executive Hirshland welcomes WADA's appeal to CAS on Valieva

  • Figure Skating

The United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) has welcomed the World Anti-Doping Agency's

skating.Last month, WADA registered an appeal to the CAS seeking a ruling that Valieva committed an anti-doping

but athletes are yet to receive medals due to the ongoing uncertainty surrounding Kamila Valieva's doping

Committee President Stanislav Pozdnyakov has claimed that a ban on Valieva would be unfair.The Russian Anti-Doping

stating it was necessary to do so as she was underage.Sanctions imposed on RUSADA for a state-sponsored doping



No doping positives at 2022 World Games as independent report praises organisers

  • World Games

No doping positives were reported during this year’s World Games in Birmingham, Alabama, according to

an Independent Observer (IO) team report published by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), although

praised the "openness and willingness of the various stakeholders involved with The World Games 2022 anti-doping

future editions of The World Games, but overall, the IO Team was impressed with the quality of the anti-doping

the IO Team wishes to congratulate the International Testing Agency (ITA) and the United States Anti-Doping

Games Association (IWGA) should consider including a mandatory education component within their anti-doping

collection sites are widely available and to ensure that all doping control officers collect samples





USOPC chair Lyons insists any Russia and Belarus return must be under "strict neutrality"

  • PASO

United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) chair Susanne Lyons has insisted that any potential return to international sport for Russian and Belarusian athletes would have to be under conditions of "strict neutrality".

on their flag, anthem, colours and other symbols.Separately to the invasion of Ukraine, World Anti-Doping

Agency (WADA) sanctions against the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA), reduced from four to two years


High jump's Ferreira banned for cannabis use but will be free to compete at major 2023 events including Pan American Games

  • Athletics

Brazilian high jumper Fernando Ferreira will be free to compete in next year's Pan American Games after receiving a three-month ban for using cannabis.

28 which was later found to contain carboxy-THC, a metabolite of cannabis banned by the World Anti-Doping

ingested cannabis roughly two days before the event, for recreational reasons.Ferreira admitted an anti-doping