by drugadmin | Oct 23, 2025 | Africa, AIU, Featured, News
23 OCTOBER 2025, MONACO: Women’s marathon world record-holder, Ruth Chepng’etich, has been banned for three years by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU), after admitting to Anti-Doping Rule Violations (ADRVs) regarding the presence and use of Hydrochlorothiazide...
by drugadmin | Oct 26, 2016 | Africa, Featured, Marathon, News
26th October 2016 – Rita Jeptoo of Kenya, has doping ban increased to four years and has been disqualified from the Boston marathon she won in 2014, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has stated. Rita Jeptoo – Doping Ban Extended Jeptoo became...
by drugadmin | Aug 12, 2015 | Africa, Europe, Featured, News, Track
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...
by drugadmin | Aug 5, 2015 | Africa, Europe, Featured, News, South Africa
The IAAF takes the anti-doping allegations published by The Sunday Times and ARD very seriously and has investigated them thoroughly. The published allegations were sensationalist and confusing: the results referred to were not positive tests. In fact, ARD and The...
by drugadmin | Mar 19, 2015 | Africa, Europe, Featured, Marathon, News, South Africa
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...
by drugadmin | Jan 3, 2015 | Africa, Articles, Europe, Featured, News, South Africa, UK, USA
Minimum Doping Ban – As of the 1st January, 2015, drug cheats in sport will now face a minimum of a four year ban under the new rules which have come into effect. There have been calls for the term to be revised and with changes to the World Anti-Doping Code,...