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Anti-doping education for European 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...
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Russian Doctor banned for life
Dr Sergei Portugalo, a Russian doctor, has been banned for life from involvement in athletics. Dr Sergei Portugalo Banned for life The Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas) has stated that there is "clear evidence" that Dr Sergei Portugalov doped athletes. A WADA...
Updated guidelines sent to 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. Russian Athletics Federation Guidelines to compete as neutral athletes The guidelines, submitted in...
EUROPE
IAAF disciplinary action from 2005 findings
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...
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Updated guidelines sent to 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. Russian Athletics Federation Guidelines to compete as neutral athletes The guidelines, submitted in...
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AFRICA
Rita Jeptoo fails drug test
Kenyan marathon runner Rita Jeptoo has become the latest athlete from the country to fail a doping test. The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) informed Athletics Kenya of traces of a banned substance in Jeptoo's 'A' sample. An Athletics Kenya...
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MARATHON
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...
Radcliffe backs WMM anti-doping penalties
World record holder Paula Radcliffe has welcomed the decision of World Marathon Majors (WMM) to revise their athlete contracts to include stricter anti-doping penalties. The organisers of the Tokyo, Boston, London, Berlin, Chicago and New York marathons have changed...