Doping Test

Nairobi — The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) has provisionally suspended world record holder for the 10km road race, Rhonex Kipruto of Kenya for alleged use of the banned substance ABP. In a statement released on Wednesday, AIU said the 2018 World Under 20 10,000m champion had been issued with a…

By: Gregory Strong, The Canadian Press Posted: 5:00 AM CDT Friday, May. 12, 2023 Last Modified: 11:36 AM CDT Friday, May. 12, 2023 Dick Pound, a longtime International Olympic Committee member and former president of the World Anti-Doping Agency, headlines the Canadian Squash Hall of Fame's Class of 2023. Read…

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A Texas man faces up to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to supplying performance-enhancing drugs to Olympic athletes. Eric Lira, 43, is the first defendant to be charged under a new US law introduced in the wake of Russia’s state-backed Olympic doping scandals. The 2020 law is named…

The man at the centre of the doping scandal involving Nigeria’s Blessing Okagbare, Eric Lira, has pleaded guilty to the charges brought against him by the United States authorities. The U.S. authorities revealed the Texas therapist faces up to 10 years in prison after admitting to supplying performance-enhancing drugs to…

Most of triathlon’s big names have given their reaction to the shock news that Collin Chartier is banned from triathlon for three years due to a positive test for EPO. And now we can add two-time Kona king Chris McCormack to the list. The Australian star provided a brutal verdict…

Lionel Sanders, one of long-distance triathlon’s highest-profile figures, has called for the Professional Triathletes Organisation (PTO) to put a significant percentage of their prize money towards out-of-competition drug testing. As the body owned by and representing the athletes, the PTO has been in the spotlight ever since it was announced…

© 2020 Triathlon Today: your news, our passion © 2020 Triathlon Today: your news, our passion Kat Matthews takes the win at Ironman 70.3 Lanzarote. (Photo: Club La Santa/ James Mitchell) While just about every pro athlete has spoken out over the past week about the Collin Chartier doping scandal,…

Triathlon legend Mark Allen has rounded out his impassioned series on ‘Drugs and Triathlon’ following the Collin Chartier doping scandal. Chartier was suspended for three years by the International Testing Agency (ITA) after testing positive for EPO in an out-of-competition doping test on 10 February 2023 and has said he…

Few in triathlon are as respected or as articulate as Sebastian Kienle and he’s warned the Collin Chartier doping scandal risks “destroying everything in our sport”. American Chartier was last week suspended for three years by the International Testing Agency (ITA) after testing positive for EPO in an out-of-competition doping test on…