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Panam Sports avoids World Anti-Doping Code non-compliance before Santiago 2023

  • Santiago 2023

Panam Sports has been staved off the threat of being declared non-compliant with the World Anti-Doping

National Olympic Committees, faced the embarrassment of being declared non-complaint by the World Anti-Doping

Agency (WADA) last month for failing to make "critical corrective actions" to its anti-doping programme.The

 It leaves the National Anti-Doping Organisations (NADOs) of North Korea, Russia and Gabon, along

the International Fitness and Bodybuilding Federation, as non-compliant signatories of the World Anti-Doping




IOC approves five additional sports for Los Angeles 2028 but boxing back on hold

  • Los Angeles 2028

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board has approved the five additional sports proposed by the Organising Committee for the Los Angeles 2028 programme here, but boxing is once again facing an uncertain future.

Weightlifting was left off the initial programme at Los Angeles 2028 following doping and corruption

but was approved for inclusion due to the International Weightlifting Federation's delegation of anti-doping


Colombian weightlifting champion Francisco Mosquera provisionally suspended for doping

  • Weightlifting

Double world champion Francisco Mosquera, who competed in this year's International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Championships in September, has been provisionally suspended after testing positive for the steroid boldenone.

announcement published on Thursday by the International Testing Agency (ITA), which carries out all anti-doping

other parts of Latin America.Colombia has not had any weightlifters suspended for any other specified doping


Okagbare's team-mate Oduduru gets six-year doping ban through new Rodchenkov Anti-Doping Act

  • Athletics

following a ground-breaking investigation under the newly established United States Rodchenkov Anti-Doping

Grigory Rodchenkov, the Russian scientist who was obliged to become a whistleblower on the state-run doping

women’s 100m semi-finals at the delayed Tokyo 2020 Olympics, received an accumulated 11-year ban for doping

2020 Games but reached the 200m semi-finals.Nigerian sprinter Divine Oduduru has received a six-year doping

"therapist" Eric Lira ©Getty ImagesIn addition to the ban – which included four years for two anti-doping

We are grateful for the assistance from the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) and United States


Ukrainian President Zelenskyy welcomes IOC suspension of Russian Olympic Committee

  • Olympics

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has welcomed the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) suspension of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) here yesterday.

country had been "trampled upon" since 2015, when it faced growing scrutiny over a state-sponsored doping

until after Pyeongchang 2018, meaning they competed as "Olympic Athletes from Russia".The World Anti-Doping



Russian Olympic Committee suspended by IOC after recognising illegally annexed Ukrainian territories

  • EOC

The Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) has been suspended by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) here, following its recognition of regional entities in illegally annexed Ukrainian territories. 

of Ukraine in February last year.It was previously suspended in 2017 because of the state-sponsored doping

still required to compete under the ROC banner at Tokyo 2020 and Beijing 2022 because of World Anti-Doping



International Testing Agency warns of higher costs

  • Latest

The International Testing Agency (ITA) has warned that it faces higher costs as a consequence of global events and inflation.

The doping control agency used its 2022 financial statements to disclose that it expects "a negative


Triple Olympic equestrian medallist Lamaze suspended for four years over fabrication of medical documents

  • Equestrian

Triple Olympic equestrian medallist Eric Lamaze of Canada has been suspended for four years for fabricating medical documents.

received the ban after the International Equestrian Federation (FEI) concluded he committed an anti-doping

diagnosis for brain cancer, which he made public in 2019 is suspended until September 11 in 2027.Under anti-doping

with brain cancer ©Getty ImagesHe has 21 days in which to appeal the decision, as do the World Anti-Doping

Agency and the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport, as the athlete’s national anti-doping organisation.The


First German cross-country skiing world champion Grimmer dies aged 80

  • Cross-Country

Gerhard Grimmer, the first German cross-country skiing world champion, has died aged 80 due to illness.

competitors.He worked as an official after retiring and has been accused of being part of the state-sponsored doping

programme.However, the former skier has denied claims despite Stasi documents saying he was aware of the doping


IWF commended by Bach prior to decision set to save its Olympic status in Mumbai

  • Weightlifting

commended by International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach for "the most strict anti-doping

Weightlifting was left off the initial programme for Los Angeles 2028 following doping and corruption

former President Tamás Aján resigned in 2020 after an ARD documentary accused him of corruption in anti-doping

They have started a robust anti-doping programme.

So when we look at the numbers, there is a significant reduction in doping cases."

This is the most strict anti-doping programme weightlifting has ever had in their history."