Doping Test

March 16 (Reuters) - Tokyo Olympics shot put silver medallist Raven Saunders has been handed an 18-month suspension for violating whereabouts rules, the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) said. "The accumulation of three whereabouts failures within a 12-month period constitutes a rule violation under the USADA Protocol for Olympic and Paralympic…

Alistair Overeem has been suspended for a year and his win over Badr Hari has been overturned to a no contest after doping violation. GLORY officials confirmed the news on Tuesday following a report from VechtsportInfo. Along with the suspension, Overeem was removed from the GLORY rankings and has to relinquish…

Western Australia’s premier says he was kept in the dark about gold doping practices at Perth Mint but any taxpayer-funded buyback is “extremely unlikely”. The WA government-owned corporation has admitted it diluted gold it sold to China with the addition of silver to save money between 2018 and 2021. WATCH…

Doping in sports is a strange and twisty road. On the one hand, it’s clear we have to have something in place to prevent athletes from going full pharmacy—if not to protect the artifice of an ‘even playing field’ then just to protect them from themselves. On the other hand,…

Nowhere in the complex labyrinth of rules, bylaws and interpretations that govern the global anti-doping system did anyone see this warning: Beware of Dog Medicine. It’s an understandable omission, but one that led to a three-month sleuthing expedition that eventually exonerated a five-time Olympian of doping, while adding what some…

Veteran Czech cyclist Katerina Nash has avoided a four-year ban after a U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) investigation determined the five-time Olympian's positive test had been a result of administering medicine to her pet dog. Nash, 45, tested positive for the appetite stimulant capromorelin after providing an out-of-competition urine sample on…

Author of the article: Associated Press Eddie Pells Published Mar 02, 2023  •  4 minute read Join the conversation Katerina Nash, of the Czech Republic, races in the UCI women's cross country world cup on Sunday, Aug. 3, 2014, at the UCI mountain bike world cup at Mont-Sainte-Anne in Beaupre,…

Nowhere in the complex labyrinth of rules, bylaws and interpretations that govern the global anti-doping system did anyone see this warning: Beware of Dog Medicine. It’s an understandable omission, but one that led to a three-month sleuthing expedition that eventually exonerated a five-time Olympian of doping, while adding what some…

Jon Jones can’t change history, but he still feels a sense of vindication after he was branded a cheater due to positive drug tests that sidelined him for over one year and cost him a win over Daniel Cormier at UFC 214. Jones explained a recent tweet where he said…

Conor Benn has slammed the ‘serious and troubling’ testing procedures in a statement where he’s given his version of events amid his failed doping tests. The British Boxing Board of Control prohibited his planned fight against Chris Eubank Jr from taking place after Benn twice registered positive results for the…