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Nine Russian athletes meet eligibility criteria

IOC ANA - Russia

The IAAF Doping Review Board has agreed that the applications of nine 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…]

World Indoor Championships medals to be reallocated

urine test - anti-doping

Six World Indoor Championships medals will be reallocated during ceremonies at the IAAF World Indoor Championships Birmingham 2018 on Friday and Saturday 2-3 March. These upgrades follow the disqualification of the results of the original medallists after their sanction for anti-doping rule violations. [Read more…]

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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IAAF antidoping statement in response to Sunday Times

Daegu Track

Antidoping – The IAAF has noted today’s article in The Sunday Times claiming yet another ‘sensational’ revelation, this time concerning the alleged results of a study which was carried out at the 2011 IAAF World Championships in Daegu, Korea. This is not a new story, having first been raised on German TV in 2013, and those concerns were addressed by the IAAF at the time. [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…]

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…]

Welsh pair say they are not cheats

rhys williams

Gareth Warburton and Rhys Williams say they are not cheats after being banned for failing drugs tests. [Read more…]

Gareth Warburton provisionally suspended

Gareth Warburton

UK Athletics has today announced that 800m athlete Gareth Warburton has been provisionally suspended from all competition after being charged with committing anti-doping rule violations under UK Athletics Anti-Doping Rules (presence of prohibited substances). [Read more…]

WADA goes to Jamaica

Asafa Powell

Asafa Powell

WADA has gone to Jamaica in search of answers for that country’s anti-doping programmes.

Officials from the World Anti-Doping Agency are meeting with Jamaica’s Anti-Doping Commission (Jadco) after claims have been made in the gaps in the screening of athletes. [Read more…]