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Russian athletes cleared to compete at Euro Cross

The World Athletics Doping Review Board has agreed that the applications of six Russian athletes have met the exceptional eligibility criteria to compete in the 2019 European Cross Country Championships on 8 December as neutral athletes under competition Rule 22.1A(b) while the Russian national federation (RusAF) remains suspended. [Read more…]

More Russian athletes approved to compete

Rybakov brothers

The IAAF Doping Review Board has agreed that the applications of eight Russian athletes have met the exceptional eligibility criteria to compete in international competition as neutral athletes in 2018 under competition Rule 22.1A(b) while the Russian national federation (RusAF) remains suspended. [Read more…]

Paris Laboratory suspended

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has provisionally suspended the WADA accreditation of the Laboratory of the Agence Française de lutte contre le Dopage (the National Anti-Doping Organization of France) in Châtenay-Malabry, France (Paris Laboratory). This provisional suspension was imposed due to analytical issues self-reported to WADA by the Laboratory.

read more – WADA provisionally suspends Paris Laboratory

Anti-doping education for European championships

european track championships

Launching European Athletics’ I Run Clean(TM) online anti-doping education platform, European Athletics President Svein Arne Hansen said he will propose a regulation making completion of the programme a mandatory entry requirement for athletes taking part in future European championship events. [Read more…]

Russian Doctor banned for life

russian doping

Dr Sergei Portugalo, a Russian doctor, has been banned for life from involvement in athletics.

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Updated guidelines sent to Russian Athletics Federation

Russian Athletics Federation

An updated set of guidelines has been submitted to the Russian Athletics Federation (RUSaF) for those athletes wishing to apply to compete internationally in 2017. [Read more…]

IAAF disciplinary action from 2005 findings

helsinki stadium
The IAAF’s long-term storage and retesting strategy concerning IAAF Championships which began in 2005 with the storage of anti-doping samples from that year’s IAAF World Championships in Helsinki has led to disciplinary action being commenced against a further 28 athletes following a second reanalysis. [Read more…]

IAAF strongly rejects anti-doping allegations

iaaf

The IAAF takes the anti-doping allegations published by The Sunday Times and ARD very seriously and has investigated them thoroughly. [Read more…]

World Marathon Majors increases testing

Blood-testing

Blood-testing

LONDON, March 18, 2015 — Abbott World Marathon Majors (AWMM) is working in partnership with the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) to finance increased out-of-competition drug testing for elite athletes participating in AWMM events. This is the largest anti-doping effort to date by a private athletic organization and will begin this summer. [Read more…]

Yulia Zaripova banned, may lose Gold

yulia zaripova

Russian steeplechaser Yulia Zaripova has been banned for two and a half years for doping offences, the Russian anti-doping agency RUSADA said (www.rusada.ru) on Friday. [Read more…]