Doping Test

As some players and fixers desperately try to restore their incomes and athletes risk the temptation of performance enhancers and other drugs while sport stands still, anti-doping and governing bodies are feeling the pressure. With little sport to bet on and few serious contests taking place, the issue of organized…

RNZThe Detail: The weekend warriors hit by heavy-handed doping lawsThe Detail is a daily news podcast produced for RNZ by Newsroom and is published on Stuff with permission. Click on this link to subscribe to the podcast. Later this year, the Court of Arbitration for Sport, or CAS – the highest sporting court on earth –…

Sun Yang is an Olympic Gold medalist and world record holding swimmer. He was recently ruled to be guilty of an anti-doping rule violation (ADRV) and banned from competing for eight years. Unless his appeal to overturn the decision is successful, this will end the swimming career of the 28 year old…

Sun Yang’s 2014 Doping Positive Comes Back Into View As Chinada’s Datelines For Its Chinese Version Of The WADA Code Raise Questions   Sun Yang, the Chinese swimmer slapped with an eight-year-ban last month after a row with anti-doping testers in 2018, tested positive for a banned substance in 2014…

A former team-mate of banned Olympic champion Sun Yang has given a rare insight into how China drives its swimmers hard from childhood in the pursuit of national glory.But Wang Yajie, who started swimming at three-and-a-half, told AFP that China's approach had helped make the country a powerhouse in the…

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Could Sun shine again? Photo: DPAThe 28-year-old’s eight-year ban from the Court of Arbitration for Sport is not necessarily final Possible appeal for clemency would bring questions of Fina, while swimmer has lost popular support Topic |   Sun YangPublished: 5:32pm, 15 Mar, 2020Updated: 9:20pm, 15 Mar, 2020Could Sun shine again? Photo:…

View photosFILE - In this March 3, 2020, file photo, commuters walk along a sidewalk as a poster celebrating the Tokyo 2020 Olympics is seen in foreground in Tokyo. The tentacles of cancelling the Tokyo Olympics or postponing or staging it in empty venues would reach into every corner of…

A survey of Olympic and other elite athletes across the globe found them more likely to believe in the work their own country’s anti-doping agencies are doing when compared to that of global regulators at the World Anti-Doping Agency. A total of 491 athletes spread across 48 countries were asked…

A survey of Olympic and other elite athletes across the globe found them more likely to believe in the work their own country’s anti-doping agencies are doing when compared to that of global regulators at the World Anti-Doping Agency.A total of 491 athletes spread across 48 countries were asked a…