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ITA and Sport Ireland share clean sport goals in new agreement

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to enable the exchange of knowledge and information between the organisations and to coordinate anti-doping

commitment to advancing the global clean sport movement through partnerships with national and regional anti-doping

Sport Ireland Anti Doping is the national anti-doping organisation of the Republic of Ireland and the

"This new partnership underlines the commitment of both organisations to enhance anti-doping efforts

to train and certify their doping control officers.

 The ITA believes that by working with anti-doping organisations around the world, the anti-doping


Russian Para swimmer accepts two-year ban for anti-doping violation

  • Swimming News

Paralympic Committee (IPC) has suspended Para swimmer Aleksey Lyzhikhin for two years for committing anti-doping

rule violations (ADRVs) in violation of the IPC Anti-Doping Code (the Code).

The charges against Aleksey Lyzhikhin stem from evidence provided to the IPC by the World Anti-Doping

Agency (WADA) regarding the state-sponsored doping programme in Russian sport between (at least) 2012

 Lyzhikhin has accepted a two-year ban for violating anti-doping rules.

 As a signatory to the World Anti-Doping Code (the WADC), the IPC remains committed to a doping-free

The IPC has established the IPC Anti-Doping Code in accordance with the general principles of the WADC


Paris 2024: Anti-doping services ready for thousands of tests

  • Paris 2024

Preparations for anti-doping measures at the Paris Olympic Games have been underway for months, with

These efforts adhere closely to the guidelines set by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).

ago, they conducted around 6,200 tests on 4,000 athletes, resulting in some positive findings.Anti-doping

50 anti-doping stations will be set up across the Olympic Village in the French capital.

GETTY IMAGESIn total, approximately 50 anti-doping stations will be set up across the Olympic Village

A notable advancement at this facility, aligning with updated anti-doping standards, is its capability

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) will be involved in Paris through an observer program.


Problems mount for Spanish athlete Mohamed Katir

  • Athlete's Websites

The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) on Wednesday accused the Spanish athlete of 'manipulation' and 'tampering', further complicating his situation.

The body, the highest authority in the fight against doping in athletics, announced on the social media

athlete cheated in his arguments to justify his "unknown whereabouts" and failure to attend the required doping

AIU has announced another case against Mohamed Katir for violating the rules on sample tampering in doping

tests within a year.The Athletics Integrity Unit of World Athletics, the anti-doping body that imposed

GETTY IMAGESThe World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) rules are clear and define a number of actions as doping


CAS plans two offices for Olympic Games in Paris

  • News

The second temporary office is for the CAS Anti-Doping Division, which decides on possible doping cases

In urgent cases, however, decisions are made within 24 hours.The Office for Anti-Doping Cases has existed

This CAS division deals with possible doping violations submitted by the International Testing Agency

(ITA) in accordance with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) anti-doping rules.Both offices will

Winter Games, the International Court of Arbitration for Sport had to deal with, among other things, the doping


NADA and Athletes Germany intensify cooperation

  • Olympics

The National Anti-Doping Agency Germany (NADA) and Athletes Germany are intensifying their cooperation

Doping endangers the health of athletes, deceives competitors, the public and the organisers and destroys

Lars Mortsiefer, CEO of the Nationale Anti-Doping Agentur Deutschland (NADA), said, "Athletes Germany

These include the further development of the anti-doping regulations, the expansion of prevention activities

and the promotion of exchange between athlete representatives, NADA and other stakeholders in anti-doping

It takes the voice of the athletes in the fight against doping very seriously and involves them on an

Its aim is to combat doping and to promote clean performance in sport.


Opening of the ISU Congress in Las Vegas: ISU Vision 2030 presented

  • Speed Skating

Opening day of the 59th Congress of the International Skating Union (ISU) in Las Vegas. The focus was on the ISU Vision 2030. This action plan was launched by the ISU Council last year. The ISU budget for the period 2024-2026 was also approved.

This includes an intensified fight against doping but also to counteract psychological pressure and stress


ISU plans future at Congress in Las Vegas

  • Speed Skating

The 59th Congress of the International Skating Union (ISU) begins today, 10 June, in Las Vegas. More than 350 participants are expected. The focus of this year's congress is the ISU Vision 2030, which was launched a year ago by the ISU Council.

The increased fight against doping is just as much a part of the ISU Vision 2030 as closer cooperation


Türkiye’s Haydar to miss European Championships after AIU suspension

  • Athletics

Long-distance runner Sultan Haydar has been provisionally suspended by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) for Evading, Refusing or Failing to submit to Sample Collection, according to the independent testing authority’s official website. 

’ half-marathon but was removed from the team following the cautionary measure issued by World Anti-Doping

Athletics Integrity Unit (@aiu_athletics) June 6, 2024"Our national athlete, Sultan Haydar, missed a doping


Kipruto suspended for 6 years due to significant biological passport irregularities

  • Olympics

World 10,000m bronze medallist and world 10km road record holder Rhonex Kipruto has been suspended for doping

the Disciplinary Tribunal, has suspended Kenyan athlete Rhonex Kipruto for six years after confirming doping

10 May 2029 due to these irregularities, which the AIU attributes to "a deliberate and sophisticated doping

Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) is the independent body established by World Athletics to manage all doping

and non-doping integrity issues in athletics.The tribunal considered expert submissions and, after review

an athlete's biological data over time to indirectly detect the effects of doping.


WADA to provide education on the Athlete Biological Passport

  • Olympics

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) is providing an update on the development and implementation of new

Markers in the Steroid Module in 2023, and their integration into a new ABP interface in WADA's Anti-Doping

on practical considerations for integrating these features into an overall testing strategy for Anti-Doping

steroid profiles in some cases of athletes with long-standing variable urine profiles, allowing Anti-Doping


Australian cyclist Robert Stannard handed four-year ban

  • Cycling

Australian cyclist Robert Stannard has received a four-year ban following the discovery of irregularities in his Athlete Biological Passport (ABP).

 Significant changes in these markers can raise suspicions of doping among officials.

GETTY IMAGES"The Tribunal found that Robert Stannard committed an Anti-Doping Rule Violation (ADRV) of

Reports of his doping case surfaced last August."

knowingly used a prohibited substance and will therefore ask for my case to be referred to the UCI Anti-Doping


American swimmer Kensey McMahon handed four-year doping ban

  • Swimming

Distance swimmer Kensey McMahon has received a four-year ban after testing positive for the blood-boosting drug vadadustat last July. The American protested her innocence, but an independent arbitrator found her "unable to establish through concrete evidence that her violation was not intentional".

The United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) provisionally suspended McMahon after she returned a positive

Independent Arbitrator Imposes Four-Year Sanction on Swimming Athlete Kensey McMahon for Anti-Doping

2024Swimming has been under the spotlight of late with Ledecky saying confidence in the Olympic anti-doping

also received a four-year suspension, claiming that her career had been "destroyed by the World Anti-Doping

team".McMahon concluded, "There's been a lot of news and opinions circulating recently regarding anti-doping


From four-time Olympian to COC President: Tricia Smith's journey

  • Olympics

Tricia Smith, a four-time Olympian, boasts a career adorned with a silver medal at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, seven World Championship medals, and a Commonwealth Games gold. She was elected as a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 2016 and has received numerous accolades.

competing against the dominant East German team, who we now know were part of their state sponsored doping


Katie Ledecky: Faith in Olympic anti-doping at "all-time low"

  • Olympics

Olympic champion Katie Ledecky states that confidence in the anti-doping system has hit an "all-time

The World Anti-Doping Agency accepted this explanation, stating that it had little chance of winning

an appeal if it pursued the case.Katie Ledecky believes the Olympic anti-doping system is at an all-time