The news that 23 Chinese swimmers failed drug testing weeks before the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, and were allowed to compete anyway, has caused a major row within the sport. While the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) has said it was aware of the incident and accepted China’s explanation the tests had been contaminated, drugs officials …
Olympic great and Australian Sports Commission chief Kieren Perkins says “someone will die” if a multi-sport event that he called “borderline criminal” and which allows banned performance-enhancing substances goes ahead. The Enhanced Games, proposed by Australian entrepreneur and London-based Aron D’Souza, will allow athletes to use pharmacological or technological help, including substances banned by the …
The head of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) said on Tuesday he remained sceptical and concerned about Russia’s anti-doping practices as some of the country’s athletes prepare to compete as neutrals at this year’s Paris Summer Olympics. Speaking at the WADA Annual Symposium in Lausanne, WADA President Witold Banka said he had received many questions …
Simona Halep, a two-time Grand Slam tennis champion, has been suspended from competing for four years for violating anti-doping policies, the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) announced Tuesday. Halep, 31, is accused of two separate breaches of the Tennis Anti-Doping Program (TADP): the use of roxadustat, a prohibited substance; and irregularities in her Athlete Biological …