by drugadmin | Jan 31, 2015 | Europe, Featured, News, Track
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. Zaripova, 28, was suspended after her biological passport showed abnormalities and her results from...
by drugadmin | Jan 20, 2015 | Featured, News, Track, UK
Gareth Warburton and Rhys Williams say they are not cheats after being banned for failing drugs tests. The Welsh athletes were “at fault or negligent” but had not knowingly taken anything containing the prohibited substances, says an official national...
by drugadmin | Jul 19, 2014 | Featured, News, Track, UK
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). The...
by drugadmin | Oct 30, 2013 | Featured, News, Track
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...
by drugadmin | Jul 15, 2013 | Featured, News, Track, USA
Sprint stars Asafa Powell and Tyson Gay have both returned positive drugs tests. Jamaican sprinters Powell, a former world record holder over 100m, and Sherone Simpson tested positive for the same banned stimulant, oxilofrine. Gay – the world’s fastest man...
by drugadmin | Jun 16, 2013 | Featured, News, Track
Jamaican sprinter Veronica Campbell-Brown returned a positive test at the May 4 Jamaica Invitational at the National Stadium. The sprinter, who has won 16 medals for Jamaica at the Olympic and World Championships level, turned up a diuretic in her A sample and was...