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UK Athletics can today confirm the establishment of the new Standards, Ethics and Rules Committee. Following last week’s publication of the single UK-wide strategy for athletics in the UK, the new committee is another important step for the sport, part of the collaboration between UK Athletics (UKA) and Home Country...
United World Wrestling announced that Davit Modzmanashvili (UZB) has been banned until October 2, 2026, following the re-analysis of his sample from the 2012 London Olympics. Modzmanashvili, who has competed for Uzbekistan since 2017, tested positive for the prohibited substance dehydrochlormethyltestosterone (oral turinabol). Modzmanashvili claimed a silver medal in freestyle wrestling at...
Today I’ve received the worst injustice I could ever have imagined. They ripped my heart apart from my greatest love. No logical sense on these allegation accompanied by incorrect facts. For this there will be an appropriate place and time … because I certainly do not give up. I knew I was...
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has announced its decision in the appeal arbitration procedures between the Italian MotoGP rider Andrea Iannone, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM). Andrea Iannone and WADA filed separate appeals at CAS against the decision rendered by...
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has published a Guide for the Operational Independence of National Anti-Doping Organizations (NADOs) that will support them in strengthening and reinforcing their operational independence as required by the revised World Anti-Doping Code (Code) that was approved in November 2019 and comes into force on...
USADA announced today that Alissandra Hipona, 34, of Vienna, Va., an athlete in the sport of weightlifting, has accepted a two-year suspension for an anti-doping rule violation involving her possession and use and/or attempted use of a prohibited substance. In addition to education and testing, robust anti-doping programs enable investigations...
Yesterday, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) President, Witold Bańka, and the Director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) in the United States (and an Americas public authority representative on WADA’s Foundation Board), the Honorable James W. Carroll, held a virtual meeting to discuss matters...
The hearing in the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) arbitration procedure between the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) took place, as scheduled, from 2-5 November 2020. In light of the travel restrictions and sanitary measures in place in Switzerland and in the Canton of...
The Tennis Integrity Unit (TIU) has today confirmed that two Bulgarian tennis players have been banned and face significant fines, after being convicted of a number of corruption offences. Karen Khachatryan has been handed a lifetime ban from the sport and a fine of $250,000 (US). His brother, Yuri Khachatryan...
The International Betting Integrity Association (IBIA) reported 76 cases of suspicious betting to the relevant authorities during the third quarter (Q3) of 2020. The total is 31% higher than the 58 alerts in Q2 2020 and 52% higher than the 50 alerts in Q3 2019. The Q3 2020 alerts...
USADA announced today that an independent arbitrator with the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has concluded the appeal involving weightlifting athlete Ryan Hudson, of Sisters, Ore., determining with agreement of Hudson, USADA, and the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) via consent award, that Hudson’s sanction should be increased from...
• Athlete returned an adverse analytical finding at the 2019 Berlin Marathon The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has suspended Colombian Para marathon athlete Francisco Sanclemente for thirteen months after he committed a non-intentional anti-doping rule violation (ADRV). The athlete returned an adverse analytical finding for a prohibited substance in a...
USADA announced today that Kamal Bey, of Colorado Springs, Colo., an athlete in the sport of wrestling, has accepted a one-year sanction for his failure to properly file and maintain his Whereabouts information. Bey, 22, is a member of the USADA Registered Testing Pool (RTP), which consists of a select...
A decision has been issued under the Tennis Anti-Doping Programme (the “Programme”) that Ashley Kratzer has committed an Anti-Doping Rule Violation under Article 2.1. That decision imposed a period of ineligibility of four years, commencing on 28 March 2020. Ms. Kratzer, a 20-year-old player from the United States of...
On 1st May 2020 the DRA were informed by the International Betting Integrity Association (IBIA) of suspicious betting on a Darts match that had been played on 30th April 2020 between Kyle McKinstry and David Evans in the Modus A Night at the Darts series. This was an event regulated by...
