Doping Test

2022 Beijing Olympics - Figure Skating - Training - Training Rink Capital Indoor Stadium, Beijing, China - February 11, 2022. Kamila Valieva of the Russian Olympic Committee during training REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comMOSCOW, Feb 11 (Reuters) - The Kremlin vowed on Friday to support…

Corrections & Clarifications: A previous version of this story mischaracterized Kamila Valieva's championship. She is the reigning European champion. BEIJING — A star Russian figure skater is in Olympic limbo following a positive doping test, setting the stage for a dramatic legal hearing at the Court of Arbitration for Sport.…

BEIJING – There is an inherent contradiction in the way American skeleton racer Katie Uhlaender loves being at the Olympics and the lack of faith she has in the organizations tasked with keeping the competition clean and fair. It is part of what she calls the “duality” of being human,…

Trimetazidine, also known as TMZ, is a drug used to treat the heart condition angina, so it might seem strange that it's currently at the heart of a doping situation at the 2022 Olympics in Beijing. Figure skater Kamila Valieva of the Russian Olympic Committee, a gold-medal favorite in the…

Figure skater Kamila Valieva of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) will be allowed to continue competing in the Olympics, a panel from the Court of Arbitration for Sport determined on Feb. 14. Valieva's status was in jeopardy after she tested positive for trimetazidine, a substance banned by the World Anti-Doping…

Trimetazidine is a 'hormone and metabolic modulator', according to the World Anti-Doping Agency Kamila Valieva, of the Russian Olympic Committee, trains at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022, in Beijing Photo by Jeff Roberson /AP Photo After news emerged that 15-year-old Russian sensation Kamila Valieva tested positive for…

When Terence O’Rorke first started working in sports nutrition around 2010, there was a ‘great deal of suspicion’ surrounding the industry. “Athletes were failing doping tests on a regular basis, and there were varying worrying instances of consumers having their health put at risk,” ​recalled the vice chair of trade…

2022 Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony: Must-See Moments UPDATE: Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva, 15, will be allowed to continue to compete in the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics after it was reported that she had tested positive for a banned substance prior to the Games.  The Court of Arbitration for Sport…

Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva during a training session in Beijing.EVGENIA NOVOZHENINA/Reuters Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva’s right to compete in the women’s event at the Beijing Olympics will be decided at an urgent hearing at the Court of Arbitration for Sport. Both the World Anti-Doping Agency and the International…

The organization that is leading the anti-doping efforts at the Beijing Olympics has confirmed that 15-year-old Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva tested positive for a banned substance. The International Testing Agency, in a statement Friday, also revealed that Russian anti-doping officials had cleared Valieva to compete in the women’s figure…