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Weightlifting: Prejudice against IWF athletes dispelled

  • Weightlifting

weightlifters have always been viewed with suspicion, and in the past, they have been involved in some doping-related

success not only in terms of sports but also in the behavior of the athletes in the Middle East, as all doping

tests yielded negative results.A total of 213 athletes from 61 countries underwent rigorous doping controls

the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, a source of pride for the Federation both in sports and in relation to doping

"This accomplishment reflects the rigorous anti-doping measures, the commitment of our athletes, and

It is worth remembering that for years, weightlifting was suspected of not conducting doping controls


Luguelín Santos, Olympic silver medallist, banned and stripped of 2012 world junior title

  • Athletics

Luguelín Santos of the Dominican Republic, the 400m silver medallist at the London 2012 Olympic Games, has been handed a three-year ban by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) for falsifying his age in order to participate at the IAAF World Junior Championships (now known as the World Athletics U20 Championships), Barcelona 2012.

However, unlike with sanctions for doping violations, there was no rule in 2012 that provided for the


Doping Controls Pose Challenge to Milan-Cortina 2026 Games

  • Winter Sports

Committee training centre north of the centre of Rome, and is under scrutiny from the world's anti-doping

deadlines, they must be installed by next summer, if they want to meet the requirements of WADA.If doping

Committee) will need to use a different WADA-accredited laboratory or laboratories to deliver the anti-doping


Valieva wins in Moscow two months before CAS final decision

  • Figure Skating

For almost two years now, the 17-year-old figure skater Kamila Valieva has been undergoing an ordeal following her positive test at the end of December 2021, which came to light two months later during the Beijing Winter Olympics, where she played a crucial role in Russia's team gold medal win.

allowed the American sprinter Justin Gatlin to compete back into the Olympics after two previous failed doping





Norwegian Iversen 'misses' the Russians in the competitions

  • Skiing

On March 1, 2022, the International Ski Federation (FIS) decided, with immediate effect and in the middle of the season, that no Russian or Belarusian skier would be allowed to compete at any level until the end of the 2021-2022 season due to the conflict between Russia and Ukraine.

At the time, the Russians were unable to represent Russia due to a doping issue dating back to the 2014


Oleg Matytsin: “Friendship Games are no alternative to other competitions”

  • Olympics

Russia has never positioned the Friendship Games as an alternative to other competitions, Russian Sports Minister Oleg Matytsin said. Earlier, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) sent a letter to the National Olympic Committees recommending that they refuse to participate in the Friendship Games. On June 22, IOC head Thomas Bach said that Russia was trying to organize "politicized sports competitions."

Earlier, the head of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), Witold Bańka, threatened consequences for participants


WADA expresses concerns over Friendship Games taking part in Russia

  • Olympics

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) is concerned over the 2024 Friendship Games taking place in Russia

Niggli said: "WADA has significant reservations about this from an anti-doping perspective.

We have no information about what kind of anti-doping program, if any, will be in place during that event

which body will be implementing such a program given RUSADA is still non-compliant with the World Anti-Doping

the Code an international event such as this should not be awarded to a country whose National Anti-Doping

This would raise concerns in terms of the reliability or the robustness of any anti-doping program that


WADA asserts non-compliance on four Anti-Doping Organizations

  • Olympics

This week, the World Anti-Doping Agency’s (WADA’s) Executive Committee (ExCo) and Foundation Board (Board

The ExCo followed the recommendations from the CRC to allege three National Anti-Doping Organizations

(NADOs) and one Major Event Organization (MEO) as non-compliant with the World Anti-Doping Code (Code

The Venezuelan NADO has not addressed a number of critical requirements to its anti-doping program following

However, the harmonization of the anti-doping system is absolutely crucial – we agree with athletes when

they tell us that all Signatories to the World Anti-Doping Code must be held to the same high standards

Arbitration for Sport (CAS) regarding the assertion of non-compliance with the Code on the Russian Anti-Doping


Mountain Runner: 9-Year Suspension

  • Sports

Swiss mountain runner Stéphanie Perriard, already suspended for three years for using of prohibited substances, has been given an additional six-year ban for falsification by Swiss Sport Integrity.

process, the athlete had agreed to a proposal by Swiss Sport Integrity, under Article 10.8.1 of the Anti-Doping

in her favour, misled authorities and made false statements, thus violating Article 2.5 of the Anti-Doping

Statute by participating in "falsification of any element of doping control by an athlete or any other

for instance, across all types of sports, and in all countries subject to the regulations of the Anti-Doping

Statute or the World Anti-Doping Code.


Rugby: Baddeley is now eligible to play

  • Sports

The United Kingdom Anti-Doping Agency (UKAD) has confirmed that rugby league player Taylor Baddeley has

received a one-month suspension from all sports following an Anti-Doping Rule Violation (ADRV), which

After serving the suspension for a positive doping test, Rugby player Taylor Baddeley is now cleared

The "Hooker" had tested positive in a doping control after the match between Castleford Tigers Academy


Dawid Lange, four-year ban from the International Paralympic Committee

  • Paralympics

Committee (IPC) has imposed a four-year suspension on para-powerlifting athlete Dawid Lange for an anti-doping

rule violation (ADRV), in breach of the IPC Anti-Doping Code. .

 The athlete was provisionally suspended by the Polish Anti-Doping Agency (POLADA) on 13 June 2019

On 30 December 2019, Dawid Lange was charged with an ADRV in accordance with the POLADA's anti-doping

;On 22 July 2020, a POLADA disciplinary panel decided that the athlete had violated the POLADA anti-doping

the athlete will be ineligible for competition and other sports activities (other than approved anti-doping

They have a responsibility to understand and comply with their obligations under the IPC Anti-Doping