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Lashinda Demus tops list of champions to receive long-overdue medals in Paris

  • Athletics

After a 12-year wait, the American hurdler will be among ten Olympians who will be awarded reallocated Olympic medals in a special ceremony at the Champions Park in the Trocadéro Gardens, at the foot of the Eiffel Tower.

It was proven later that the winner wasn’t really so, however, as the Russian tested positive for doping

on an international stage,” Demus said, while sharing a not-so-optimistic message about the current doping

“What comes to mind is that (doping) is never going to leave.


Sebastian Coe warns against drug cheats at Paris Olympics

  • Olympics

World Athletics President Sebastian Coe has warned athletes who try to cheat by using performance-enhancing drugs that they will not sleep well and will be closely monitored using the latest technology to prevent it. He also spoke about the Commonwealth Games and security in Paris.

, 2024Among other things,Coe expressed his sadness that athletics is not free from controversy over doping


AIU launches "Call Room" for personalised integrity education

  • Athletics

Athletes will receive top-tier expertise on sports integrity as they prepare for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) unveiled the AIU Call Room on Wednesday.

independent organisation established by World Athletics to oversee all integrity matters, encompassing both doping

and non-doping issues, within the realm of athletics.

Its responsibilities include anti-doping efforts, investigating individuals involved in age or competition


Colombian cyclist Miguel Angel Lopez handed four-year doping ban

  • Cycling

Miguel Ángel López, who finished third in the 2018 Giro d'Italia and Vuelta a España, has been banned from cycling for four years for use and possession of the prohibited substance Menotropin.

López was provisionally suspended last July over a potential anti-doping rule violation committed weeks

which was based on evidence obtained from Spanish law enforcement (Guardia Civil) and the Spanish Anti-Doping

this post on InstagramA post shared by Miguel Ángel López Moreno (@miguelsuperlopez)The UCI Anti-Doping

Hormones and their releasing factors) of the Prohibited List which is maintained by the World Anti-Doping


IBA will award prize money to medal-winning boxers at Paris 2024

  • Boxing

After setting a trend in boxing and seeing World Athletics follow through for the upcoming Olympics, the International Boxing Association (IBA) announced on Wednesday it plans to pay medallists while also guaranteeing them rights to future title fights, a groundbreaking decision in the sport.

shortly and that the prize money will be awarded following their successful passing of respective anti-doping


Rio 2016 pole vault champion Thiago Braz appeals Paris Olympic doping ban

  • Athletics

The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) announced on Tuesday that Rio 2016 pole vault champion Thiago Braz had been handed a 16-month suspension after testing positive for a metabolite of ostarine. The Brazilian has filed an appeal with the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).


Seven-year ban for Kenyan marathon runner Josephine Chepkoech

  • Athletics

Chepkoech, runner-up in February's Sevilla Marathon, has received a seven-year ban for committing a second doping

As she admitted to the second doping infraction, her period of ineligibility was reduced from eight years

jfhNsY1Ycc— Athletics Integrity Unit (@aiu_athletics) May 28, 2024This is just one of a long line of doping


Three-time Olympic swimming champion Sun Yang set to return after drug ban

  • Swimming

China's disgraced three-time Olympic gold medallist Sun Yang says he is keen to return to competitive swimming "as soon as possible". Sun's ban after a member of his entourage smashed vials of blood with a hammer during a row with drug testers ended on Tuesday.

governing body FINA (now World Aquatics) after his clash with testers in September 2018, but the World Anti-Doping


Teenage sprint sensation 'Issam' Asinga receives four-year doping suspension

  • Athletics

of his titles as South American double sprint champion and world U20 100m record holder for an Anti-Doping

The 19-year-old Surinamese athlete Issamade Asinga was found to have violated World Athletics' Anti-Doping

The AIU is the independent body established by World Athletics to manage all integrity issues - both doping

and non-doping - for athletics.

 Rule 2.1.2c of the ADR states: "Sufficient proof of an anti-doping rule violation under Rule 2.1

 The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has listed GW1516 as a Prohibited Substance under the Category


Mountain biker Mathias Fluckiger cleared of all doping charges

  • Cycling

Mountain biker Mathias Fluckiger is cleared of all doping charges by the Swiss Sports Disciplinary Tribunal

The doping sample and the analysis results cannot be used, with proceedings suspended.  

Finally, Swiss Sports Integrity (SSI), the Swiss anti-doping authority (and not the Swiss sports disciplinary

According to the decision of the CAS, Fluckiger is cleared of all allegations of anti-doping rule

suspension of Tokyo 2020 silver medallist Fluckiger after deciding to no longer consider one of his anti-doping

sample was 0.3 nanograms per millilitre, a figure that is below the 5ng/mL threshold the World Anti-Doping


Chinese swimmers: World Aquatics slammed by own independent anti-doping expert

  • Swimming

Bill Bock, a member of World Aquatics' independent Anti-Doping Advisory Body (ADAB), says ADAB has been

including ethical breaches, harassment and abuse, betting-related issues, result manipulation and anti-doping

They alleged that the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and FINA had failed to follow standard protocols

In a strongly-worded letter, Bock - the lead lawyer for the US Anti-Doping Agency in its case against

experts specifically appointed to independently monitor, review, and evaluate any and all anti-doping

matters at World Aquatics have been unequivocally shut out of the anti-doping review process."


US Senators latest to push for WADA explainer on doping scandal

  • Sports

Like a constant drizzle, criticism and demands for clarification keep pouring over the World Anti-Doping

“It is not just this one incident that causes concern for many athletes, anti-doping agencies, and fans

in Sport.On this two-day event (22-23 May), they focused on the future of anti-doping in the region,

It's not up to the Americans to teach the whole world how to fight doping."

“WADA has been bringing together anti-doping experts from National Anti-doping organisations and law

Numerous athletes have also been caught for doping,” the WADA president concluded.


FBI urged to investigate China swimming scandal

  • Swimming

US lawmakers are calling on the FBI and the Department of Justice to investigate 23 Chinese swimmers who tested positive for a banned substance prior to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics but were permitted to compete.

integrity of international swimming competitions and raised serious questions about the enforcement of anti-doping

regulations.In April, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) came under intense scrutiny following revelations

argue that WADA's failure to enforce its own regulations undermines the credibility of global anti-doping

FBI and the Department of Justice, they highlighted the potential violations of international anti-doping

defended its actions, stating that it follows a rigorous process for investigating and adjudicating doping


IBA and ITA celebrate five years of working together against doping

  • Boxing

The partnership was formalised in 2019. In 2022, the cooperation was renewed with expanded responsibilities. New measures have also been implemented. These include in-competition testing and long-term storage of samples. Seminars for officials were also held to further professionalise the work.

In the fight against doping, 2019 saw the start of a partnership between the International Boxing Association

The partnership provided the IBA with an independent regulator for its anti-doping activities.

Out-of-Competition Testing, intelligence gathering, test distribution planning, education, results management, anti-doping

It was a great opportunity to learn more and understand how anti-doping works.

"There is no place for doping in our sport," concluded Roberts.


Shubenkov calls US position in the anti-doping system "privileged"

  • Athletics

two months before the start of the Olympic Games in Paris, the controversy surrounding the World Anti-Doping

The United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) stated that confidence in the World Anti-Doping Agency (

The issue has sparked a fierce controversy between those involved in the fight against doping and put

In America, doping control is completely different.

They have their own federation, athletes use a completely different application, and not ADAMS (Doping

The whole world lives by one anti-doping rule and the United States lives by another.