Doping Test

One of South Africa’s most promising elite sprinters, Thando Dlodlo, has been sidelined for two-and-a-half years after being found guilty of a doping offence, it was revealed on Tuesday, leaving the national relay team to be stripped of their 4x100m global title. Though it had not yet officially been confirmed…

The International Olympics Committee has quashed claims it has double standards when it comes to drug testing after Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva was allowed to compete despite showing a positive drug test. Earlier this week the 15-year-old was cleared to compete in the Beijing Winter games despite testing positive…

It will be a while before Zviad Lazishvili gets another shot at his first UFC win. USADA announced Wednesday that Lazishvili has accepted a 10-month suspension from competition after testing positive for clomiphene, a banned substance that is prohibited year-round under the UFC Anti-Doping Policy and UFC Prohibited List. Lazishvili’s…

Despite the high-tech tricks, political posturing and pyrotechnics, the best part of the Closing Ceremony of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics proved to be the athletes. Competing the past two weeks amidst rising international tensions, pandemic quarantines and with a heavy-handed host, the participants injected a bit of fun Sunday…

Beijing had the strictest coronavirus restrictions yet for the Games. This year's Games were also marked by a U.S.-led diplomatic boycott over China's human rights record, the tension between Russia and Ukraine and a high-profile doping saga involving a 15-year-old figure skating phenom. The ceremony was directed by the renowned…

The timing of Elana Meyers Taylor’s Covid infection could hardly have been worse. The decorated Team USA bobsledder tested positive at the Beijing Olympics, and was forced to stay shut in a room just when she most needed last-minute practice on an unfamiliar track. There were a lot of obstacles…

Breaking News February 17, 2022 10:12AM EST Kamila Valieva, the Russian athlete at the center of a doping scandal, surprisingly didn’t medal in her free skate, which was a relief to U.S. Olympians and commentators Tara Lipinski and Johnny Weir. Tara Lipinski and Johnny Weir were understandably relieved when Russian Olympics Committee…

US figure skaters have been offered Olympic torches as holdover gifts while they await a resolution of the doping case that has delayed their silver medals. Two people familiar with the events have told the Associated Press that IOC President Thomas Bach made the offer in a private meeting with…

When Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva was sanctioned for failing a banned substance test before the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, the drug in question was something of a head scratcher: trimetazidine, a second-line heart medication. Valieva’s legal team argues that she could have tested positive after drinking a glass of…

Canadian skip Brad Gushue directs his teammates during a game against the Russians on Tuesday at the Beijing Olympics. (AP Photo) | February 16, 2022, 4:19 AM February 16, 2022, 4:19 AM Canada's Brad Gushue clinched a curling semifinal spot at the Beijing Olympics during some time off on Wednesday.…