Category: Doping
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WADA files appeal against China’s Sun Yang doping decision
The World Anti-doping Agency said Wednesday it had filed an appeal against a decision to clear Chinese swimming star Sun Yang of missing an out of competition doping test. WADA, meeting in Lausanne, told AFP that it had filed the appeal with the Court of Arbitration for Sport following a decision by swimming’s world governing…
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The Point: Sunday Times report on Chinese swimmer Sun Yang has ‘gone haywire’
Chinese three-time Olympic swimming champion Sun Yang is reserving the right to sue British newspaper the Sunday Times for defamation. What is the full story?
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Chinese swimmer Sun Yang rejects claims in British newspaper
The Chinese Olympic swimming champion Sun Yang is threatening legal action against a British newspaper over claims he may face a life-time ban. An article in the Sunday Times alleges that Sun clashed with anti-doping testers after missing an out-of-competition doping test in September. But Sun’s lawyer says the testers failed to show proper authorization…
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Sun Yang threatens to sue Sunday Times over defamation
Chinese Olympic champion Sun Yang is considering to file a lawsuit against British newspaper the Sunday Times over a report claiming the swimmer violated anti-doping rules. In a statement sent to Xinhua by Sun’s lawyer Zhang Qihuai on Sunday, Zhang said the newspaper reported the incident with “a malign intention” which “severely damaged Sun Yang’s…
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Olympic swimming champion Sun Yang faces life-time ban after alleged abuse of anti-drug testers, reports
Olympic gold medallist Sun Yang faces a lifetime ban from swimming after a bizarre clash with anti-doping testers ended in the destruction of a sealed vial containing a blood sample. According to The Times, the Chinese swimmer had a run-in with testers from IDTM (organisation responsible for conducting out-of-competition dope tests around the world), which resulted…
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WADA ‘bitterly disappointed’ at Russia’s failure to meet deadline
The World Anti-Doping Agency on Tuesday said that Russian authorities had failed to provide access to laboratory doping data by WADA’s year-end deadline and that as a result it will consider sanctions against the Russian Anti-Doping Agency. RUSADA was stripped of its accreditation in 2015 after a WADA-commissioned report found evidence of widespread state-sponsored doping…
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Justice Department announces indictments of 7 Russians in hacking plot tied to Olympics doping scandal
Seven Russian GRU intelligence officers were charged with hacking computers associated with 250 athletes and anti-doping sports organizations in the USA and around the world, Justice Department officials announced Thursday. According to the 41-page indictment, the criminal activity was retaliation against people and organizations who revealed Russia’s doping program for its athletes – revelations that led to the stripping…
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Russia reinstated by WADA, ending nearly 3-year suspension after doping scandal
Russia has been reinstated by the World Anti-Doping Agency, a controversial decision given the magnitude of the country’s doping offenses. WADA’s executive committee voted to reinstate Russia’s Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) at a meeting Thursday in the Seychelles. The decision was expected after WADA’s compliance review committee made its recommendation for reinstatement last week. WADA president Craig Reedie…
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Olympic swimmer Junya Koga to face 4-year doping ban
Rio Olympic relay swimmer and 2009 world champion Junya Koga is set to be issued a four-year ban by a FINA doping panel for violating anti-doping rules, sources familiar with the matter said late Monday evening. Should the sport’s ruling body announce the decision, the 31-year-old Koga, who said in a hearing in late August…