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• The athletes committed anti-doping violations for Anabolic Androgenic Steroids between May and October 2018 The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has suspended four athletes from Uzbekistan – three powerlifters and one track and field athlete – each for four-year periods for separate anti-doping violations committed during a six-month period. Powerlifters...
Dr Andrew Johnson has been suspended from all sport for four years following an Anti-Doping Rule Violation (ADRV). Dr Johnson, formerly of Bury FC, admitted to Tampering with the Doping Control Process by providing fraudulent information to UKAD and/or The Football Association (The FA), in relation to an application for...
The World Athletics Council today fined the Russian Athletics Federation $10 million for breaching the sport’s Anti-Doping Rules, and, while reinstating the Authorised Neutral Athlete process for Russian athletes, has capped at 10 the number of Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANA) allowed to compete in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games...
USADA announced today that Manuel Aguero, of Miami, Fla., an athlete in the sport of weightlifting, has received a four-year suspension for an anti-doping rule violation after testing positive for multiple prohibited substances. Aguero, 29, tested positive for amphetamine, modafinil and its metabolite modafinil acid, and the methylphenidate metabolite ritalinic...
• The International Olympic Committee (IOC) welcomes the initiative of the US Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation to address the issue of anti-doping in law. The IOC commends the fact that the draft legislation is concentrating on the athletes’ ‘entourage’. This is absolutely in line with IOC...
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) notes the decision by the United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation to approve the Rodchenkov Anti-Doping Act of 2019 for referral to and consideration by the US Senate. WADA will continue to work with US authorities to provide information as needed and...
The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) applauds and supports the actions taken by the New York State Gaming Commission (NYSGC) to suspend the licenses of 12 horsemen named in Monday’s indictments by the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York. On Tuesday, the NYSGC suspended the licenses...
USADA announced today that Justin Phongsavanh, of Chula Vista, Calif., an athlete in the sport of Paralympic track and field, has tested positive for a prohibited substance, which was determined to have been ingested by him without fault or negligence. As a result, Phongsavanh will not face a period...
As a part of Global Athlete’s listening exercise, a survey was launched in September 2019. The survey resulted in 491 Athletes from 48 countries representing all continents from 40 summer and 16 winter sports providing feedback on national and international anti-doping programs. Of the athletes surveyed 44% were actively competing...
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has issued its decision in the appeal arbitration procedure between the American track and field athlete Jarrion Lawson and the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) (now known as World Athletics). The CAS Panel has set aside the decision rendered by the...
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has issued its decision in the appeal arbitration procedure between the Japanese swimmer Hiromasa Fujimori and the Fédération Internationale de Natation (FINA). The appeal has been dismissed. On 14 December 2018, Hiromasa Fujimori provided an in-competition sample during the FINA World Championships...
After evaluating the 2019 reports from the World Athletics Member Federations, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) Board has decided to maintain the Category A status of Bahrain, Belarus, Ethiopia, Kenya and Ukraine for 2020 and add Morocco and Nigeria to this category for the current year under Rule 15...
• In its decision in the case of Platini v. Switzerland (application no. 526/18) the European Court of Human Rights has unanimously declared the application inadmissible. The decision is final. The case concerned Michel Platini, a former professional football player, president of UEFA and vice-president of FIFA. Disciplinary proceedings...
USADA announced today that Addison Jones, of Byram, Miss., an athlete in the sport of weightlifting, has accepted a six-month suspension for an anti-doping rule violation. Jones, 24, tested positive for 11-nor-9-carboxy-tetrahydrocannabinol (Carboxy-THC), a urinary metabolite of Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the main psychoactive constituent of cannabis, marijuana and/or hashish, above the...
The Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) announced today that Alexis Barrière, a boxing athlete, received a five-month sanction for an anti-doping rule violation. The athlete’s urine sample, collected during out-of-competition doping control on January 14, 2019, revealed the presence of stanozolol, a prohibited anabolic agent. Under the...
