Doping

Doping suspension lifted after samples didn't match, says Peter Bol

Olympic 800-meter finalist Peter Bol on Tuesday said his provisional doping suspension has been lifted after the A and B samples didn't match. Usually testing of the B sample confirms the original adverse finding in doping cases. I was just informed that my B sample did not match my A sample, Bol posted on Twitter. My provisional suspension has been lifted by Sport Integrity Australia. Sport Integrity Australia later confirmed testing of the B sample by a World Anti-Doping Agency-accredited laboratory showed an atypical finding, but that in itself is not the same as a negative test result. The investigation into the matter remains ongoing. Sport Integrity Australia will, as part of its investigation, proceed to consider whether any anti-doping rule violations have been committed, the government-backed agency said in a statement. It is not possible to provide a timeframe at this point. Bol repeated Tuesday that he's never taken banned performance-enhancing substances and he descr

Dipa Karmakar announces settlement of doping case, suspension reduced

Dipa had to take a provisional suspension when her sample from an out-of-competition test had returned positive for a banned substance which she "unknowingly ingested"

Gymnast Dipa Karmakar handed 21-month ban after failing dope test

Star gymnast Dipa Karmakar has been handed a 21-month ban for failing a dope test conducted by the International Testing Agency, contrary to claims made by Indian officials that her "suspension" last year was not related to doping offence. Karmakar's dope sample collected out-of-competition by the ITA, an independent organisation that manages the anti-doping programme of the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG), was found to contain Higenamine, which is a prohibited substance under World Anti-Doping Agency Code. Her ban period will, however, end on July 10 this year as it was counted from the day (October 11, 2011) the sample was collected. "The ITA confirms that Dipa Karmakar has been suspended for a 21-month period, effective until 10 July 2023 after testing positive for higenamine (S3. Beta-2 Agonists as per the World Anti-Doping Agency prohibited list)," the ITA said in a statement late on Friday. "The positive sample was collected on behalf of the FIG in the scope of an .

Sprinter Dutee Chand tests positive for prohibitive substance, says NADA

Dutee Chand's sample was collected during an out-of-competition testing on Dec 5 at Bhubaneswar

Three-time Olympic champion Lyu Xiaojun tests positive for doping

Three-time Olympic weightlifting champion Lyu Xiaojun of China has tested positive in a doping case, the International Testing Agency said on Thursday. The ITA said Lyu tested positive for EPO, an endurance boosting hormone banned in sports, on October 30 while he was training. The Chinese star is provisionally suspended while a disciplinary case is prosecuted. Now aged 38, Lyu said on winning a third straight Olympic title in Tokyo last year that he would target a fourth at the 2024 Paris Games. He was the oldest-ever weightlifting gold medalist when he won the men's 81-kilogram category in Tokyo.

Top javelin thrower Shivpal Singh handed 4-year ban for failing dope test

Shivpal, who took part in the Tokyo Olympics, was placed under provisional suspension in October last year after he failed an out-of-competition test

WADA signs four-year anti-doping agreement with Commonwealth Games

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) announced on Tuesday that they had agreed a four-year agreement with the Commonwealth Games Federation aimed at increasing collaboration on anti-doping

Russian canoeists banned for being in state doping program 8 years ago

The cases were prosecuted using evidence from the testing laboratory in Moscow that was shuttered in 2015 when the state doping program was detailed

NADA to collect dope samples from all medals winners at athletics Nationals

The National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) will collect samples from all medal winners at the ongoing National Inter-State Senior Athletics Championships instead of taking random samples for testing

Nigerian sprinter Okagbare banned for 10 years for doping

Nigerian sprinter Blessing Okagbare received a 10-year ban for being part of an organized doping regimen" ahead of the Tokyo Olympics, the Athletics Integrity Unit said Friday. The former world championships silver medalist was initially suspended in July just before she was due to run in the semifinals of the 100 meters at the Olympics. Okagbare tested positive for blood booster EPO in Nigeria in June, in addition to another failed test for human growth hormone in Slovakia in July. A ban of five years was imposed by the AIU for the presence and use of multiple prohibited substances and the suspension was doubled for her refusal to cooperate with the investigation. A ban of 10 year(s) is a strong message against intentional and co-ordinated attempts to cheat at the very highest level of our sport, AIU head Brett Clothier said. This is an outcome that was driven by our intelligence-led target testing as well as our commitment to investigate the circumstances behind a positive ...

India among world's top three dope violators in latest WADA report

An uptick in the number of offenders has taken India into the top-three of the world's biggest doping violators in a WADA report

Anti-doping bill, which empowers NADA, introduced in Lok Sabha

The clause 19 of Bill provides NADA power of 'entry, search and seizure by any person authorised by agency for purpose of determining if any anti-doping rule violation has been committed'

Track coach Alberto Salazar's 4-year doping ban upheld by CAS

Alberto Salazar received no relief from the Court of Arbitration for Sport, which upheld his four-year ban for a series of doping-related violations that had long been pursued by American regulators

Dope violators eligible for sports awards if ban period served: Ministry

The sports ministry has made dope-tainted athletes and coaches eligible for the National Sports Awards provided they have completed their ban periods

'Work in Progress': Apex body on catching doping cheats at the Olympics

The IOC said it is "as confident as it can be" in anti-doping measures after Nigerian sprinter Blessing Okagbare was provisionally suspended for doping Saturday

Tokyo Olympics: Silver medallist Chanu stands chance to get medal upgrade

Weightlifter Hou, who won gold, to be tested by anti-doping authorities

Doping in Olympics: Russia's omission from Tokyo 2020; top doping scandals

Doping in Olympics: Ahead of the Tokyo 2021 Olympics, Russia was banned from participating in the event after being handed over a two-year ban by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)

3810 anti-doping tests conducted in athletics in first six months of 2021

The Covid-19 restrictions may have been a big hurdle but it did not hamper the anti-doping efforts in athletics, which has seen 3,810 samples being collected in the first six months of the year

Olympics: 5,000 anti-doping tests to be conducted during Tokyo Games

The International Testing Agency (ITA) plans to conduct approximately 5,000 on-site tests as part of its anti-doping efforts during the Tokyo Olympic Games, starting July 23.

Olympic-bound wrestler Sumit Malik fails dope test, provisionally suspended

Sumit Malik has been provisionally suspended after failing a dope test during the recent Qualifiers in Bulgaria, a major embarrassment for the country with just weeks left for the Games in Tokyo