Athletes at the Paris Olympics later this month will be tested for performance-enhancing drugs, but at a competition plotting to rival the Games, doping will be objective. 

In light of the ongoing scandal involving 23 Chinese swimmers being allowed to compete in the Tokyo 2020 Games even after testing positive for trimetazidine, Global Athlete has sent out an open letter to the World Anti-Doping Agency stating their mistrust in the organisation and requesting transparency on the investigations taken on the swimmers’ case and actions to be taken going forward to ensure a fair playing field for all athletes. 

US gold medallist Gil Roberts was handed an eight-year suspension after testing positive for banned substances for a second time, said the US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) in a press release. 

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.  

Just two months before the start of the Olympic Games in Paris, the controversy surrounding the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and its handling of certain cases, notably that of the 23 Chinese swimmers allowed to compete at Beijing 2020, is growing.

Over a decade after Buzunesh Deba crossed the finish line at the 2014 Boston Marathon, she finally received her prize money. But not from race organisers, the Boston Athletic Association, but rather from a businessman and Boston Marathon fan. 

The world body has assigned a stabilisation committee that will temporarily manage the national entity after its leaders and anti-doping officials were arrested on Monday because of a controversy regarding the covering of a Tunisian flag.

The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) said Tuesday that Olympic refugee team runner Anjelina Nadai Lohalith has been provisionally suspended after testing positive for Trimetazidine, Agence France-Presse reports. The banned substance, usually used to prevent and treat the symptoms of angina, is the same that put 23 Chinese swimmers in the spotlight recently.

This week, the World Anti-Doping Agency’s (WADA’s) Executive Committee (ExCo) and Foundation Board (Board) met in Montreal, Canada, on 16 and 17 November 2023, respectively. The ExCo followed the recommendations from the CRC to allege three National Anti-Doping Organizations (NADOs) and one Major Event Organization (MEO) as non-compliant with the World Anti-Doping Code (Code) and added two other NADOs to the ‘watchlist’. The three NADOs that the ExCo decided to allege as non-compliant with the Code are: Venezuela, Nigeria and Tunisia.

Swiss mountain runner Stéphanie Perriard, already suspended for three years for using of prohibited substances, has been given an additional six-year ban for falsification by Swiss Sport Integrity.

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) plans to send the case against the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), after it disputed fresh sanctions issued last month.

Panam Sports has been staved off the threat of being declared non-compliant with the World Anti-Doping Code in a boost to the this year's Pan American Games, due to start in Santiago next Friday (October 20). 

The International Testing Agency (ITA) has warned that it faces higher costs as a consequence of global events and inflation.