When the International Olympic Committee (IOC) dropped its case against Brenton Rickard last month, the swimmer warned that testing mechanisms have surpassed contamination protocols in pharmaceutical manufacturing. This should serve as a huge red flag for athletes. Two recent cases involving prohibited supplements that were not listed on a...
First, a US athlete claimed that a dodgy burrito had terminated their Olympic hopes and now, a meal at a Jamaican restaurant in Las Vegas has apparently ended a Swiss athlete’s Olympic dream. It increasingly appears that growth promoters used by farmers are causing athletes to return adverse analytical...
Recent Decisions in the Shayna Jack1 and Andrea Iannone2 cases illustrate that when an athlete claims that an anti-doping rule violation (ADRV) is the result of contamination, their sanction largely depends on whether the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) believes them. Both athletes were sanctioned with an ADRV,...
On 16 May 2019, the World Anti-Doping Agency’s (WADA’s) Foundation Board decided to amend Article 7.4 of the World Anti-Doping Code (Code) to allow WADA-accredited Laboratories (Laboratories) to report Atypical Findings (ATFs) for the Prohibited Substance clenbuterol. Under the current version of Article 7.4 of the Code, Laboratories may only...
The Disciplinary Tribunal of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has dismissed María Guadalupe (Lupita) González Romero’s claim that her adverse analytical finding (AAF) for a metabolite of trenbolone was caused by contaminated meat, concluding that the Mexican racewalker forged documents in an attempt to prove her case....
Murilo Endres has been sanctioned with an eight month ban, after the international volleyball federation (FIVB) accepted that his 10 April adverse analytical finding (AAF) for furosemide was caused by a contaminated supplement. It is understood that the Brazilian volleyball player was able to prove that supplements he was...
Despite agreeing that a 35 year old Masters cyclist did not intend to cheat, the American Arbitration Association (AAA) has said that its ‘hands are tied’ into issuing a four-year ban, as the athlete failed to prove that a clenbuterol positive was caused by contaminated supplements or meat. Tony...
• Eleven athletes (and a horse trainer) from eleven countries, competing in nine sports, were involved in anti-doping proceedings that came to light during the week ended 28 July 2023. On 27 September 2018, Scottish Police stopped Craig Campbell, Player/Coach with Brora Rangers in Scotland’s Highland League, finding Cocaine...
Twenty four athletes from 12 countries, competing in nine sports, were involved in anti-doping proceedings that came to light in the week ending 12 May. A 25rd person became the first individual charged under the Rodchenkov Anti-Doping Act (RADA) with supplying performance enhancing drugs (PEDs) to athletes to enter...
Ten athletes from six countries, competing in seven sports, were involved in anti-doping procedures that came to light during the week ending 3 March 2023. The US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) used a case involving cyclist Katerina Nash to highlight that anti-doping rules need to change. Nash is Vice President...
Twenty athletes from ten countries, competing in ten sports, were involved in anti-doping proceedings that came to light during the week ended 24 February. Cases involved a tennis player sanctioned with a three year ban after mistakenly being administered the wrong medication during hospital treatment for Covid-19; a three...
Ninety two athletes from 13 countries, competing in 22 sports, were involved in anti-doping proceedings that came to light in the week to 13 January. The reason numbers were so high was not due to a spike in doping over the Christmas period, but because anti-doping organisations decided to...
Twenty nine athletes from five countries, competing in ten sports, were involved in anti-doping proceedings that came to light during the past week. Italy’s anti-doping prosecutor (PNA) issued sanctions to 23 athletes, ten of which were cyclists. Of those ten cyclists, six were sanctioned for anti-doping rule violations involving...
Fifteen athletes from nine countries, competing in nine sports, were involved in anti-doping proceedings that came to light in the past week. Cases included a former world number one tennis player returning an adverse analytical finding (AAF – or ‘positive test’) for an anti-anaemia drug; two Kenyan distance runners...
Eighteen athletes from 13 countries, competing in ten sports, were involved in anti-doping proceedings that came to light in the past week. Cases involved confirmation that the British 4x100m team will be stripped of its Tokyo 2020 Silver Medal after CJ Ujah received a 22 month ban; An investigation...
