J. C. Cruse, a bobsled brakeman hopeful for the 2018 Winter Olympics, has been issued a 16-month doping ban and won’t compete at Pyeongchang next February, the US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) announced Thursday. Cruse tested positive for the banned stimulant dimethylbutylamine (DMBA) in a urine sample taken at the North American Cup on January 12, … Read more
US Olympic speed skater Chris Creveling has been banned for four years after testing positive for a performance-enhancing substance, the United States Anti-Doping Agency announced on Monday. Creveling, a silver medallist in the 5000m relay at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, was caught with traces of the testosterone-boosting drug clomiphene in his system, the agency … Read more
Jason Young, a 2012 US Olympic discus thrower, was issued a four-year doping ban Friday by the US Anti-Doping Agency for a non-analytical violation involving prohibited performance-enhancing substances. The 35-year-old Texan, was suspended for using and having multiple growth hormone agents since January of 2013. Young’s four-year ban dates to November 17, 2016, when he … Read more
More than 1,900 athletes were sanctioned for doping in 2015, new World Anti-Doping Agency figures show. The 1,929 punishments for failed drug tests were an increase of 14% on the previous year, when 1,693 doping offences were carried out. Wada says increased focus on investigations, intelligence gathering and whistleblowing are behind the rise. “Recent events … Read more
The top Olympics body rejected American proposals for reforming the World Anti-Doping Agency on Thursday, as one of its members stirred controversy by comparing a ban on Russian athletes to the Holocaust. The International Olympic Committee’s executive board issued a declaration calling for a “more robust and independent anti-doping system”, but said sports bodies and … Read more
US swimming legend Michael Phelps called for an urgent overhaul of global anti-doping procedures on Tuesday as the top American drug czar accused the International Olympic Committee of dragging its feet over reform. Phelps, the most decorated Olympic athlete of all time who retired after last year’s Rio Games, told US lawmakers investigating doping on … Read more
The American coach of Olympic champion Sir Mo Farah may have broken anti-doping rules to boost the performance of some of his athletes, says a leaked report. Alberto Salazar has been under investigation since a BBC Panorama programme made allegations about drugs use at his US training base. A leaked US Anti-Doping Agency (Usada) report, … Read more
Disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong’s battle against a $100 million lawsuit brought by the US government over whether he committed fraud by doping has been set to go to trial on November 6. US District Judge Christopher Cooper is set to hear the case in Washington, having denied Armstrong’s request to throw out the case. The … Read more
A judge on Monday cleared the way for the doping-disgraced cycling icon Lance Armstrong to go to court, saying the US authorities’ allegations against him merited trial. The US Justice Department is seeking nearly $100 million in damages from Armstrong, charging that he cheated the government when the US Postal Service sponsored the team he … Read more
The Russian Anti-Doping Agency has been under investigation by Wada since last year Russia will miss this summer’s World Championships after athletics’ governing body voted to extend their suspension from international competition for state-sponsored doping. However, some Russians may be able to compete under a neutral banner, if they can satisfy testing criteria. Russia was … Read more
The Russian state conspired with athletes and sporting officials to undertake a doping program that was unprecedented in its scale and ambition, according to a report commissioned for the World Anti-Doping Agency. A “systematic and centralized cover-up” benefited more than 1,000 Russian athletes across 30 sports, said Canadian law professor Richard McLaren in an update … Read more
The Wada report said that, on some days, “up to 50%” of planned tests had to be aborted A Wada report on the anti-doping methods employed at Rio 2016 has highlighted “serious failings”. The World Anti-Doping Agency said many athletes who had been targeted for testing “simply could not be found”. It added that, on … Read more
Olympic gold medallists Mo Farah, Helen Glover and Justin Rose are among the latest British athletes to have medical files made public by hackers. The trio are among 26 individuals whose files were published by hackers Fancy Bears on Monday. Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal also features in the latest release. The records mostly detail … Read more
The World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) has condemned Russian hackers for leaking confidential medical files of star US Olympic athletes. Athletes affected include tennis players Venus and Serena Williams and teenage gymnast Simone Biles. A group calling itself “Fancy Bears” claimed responsibility for the hack of a Wada database. After the leak, Ms Biles said she … Read more