Category: Doping
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Russian doping mastermind benefited from London 2012 drugs ‘preview’
The mastermind behind the Russian doping programme has revealed that he was able to corrupt the London 2012 Olympics only because he was invited to Britain by organisers and shown how they planned to catch cheats. Grigory Rodchenkov, who ran the Moscow anti-doping laboratory from 2005 to 2015, has admitted that without this knowledge the…
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Move over, blood doping; cyclists might be “poop doping†soon
To be a professional cyclist, one must have guts, microbiologist Lauren Peterson says, and she doesn’t just mean that in the metaphorical sense. Peterson, herself a pro endurance mountain biker, has discovered that the most elite athletes in the sport have a certain microbiome living in their intestines that allow them to perform better, and…
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Michael Phelps shuts down anti-doping skeptics with fiery Facebook Live rant
Michael Phelps briefly returned to the spotlight last month when he testified about anti-doping before a congressional subcommittee. Phelps detailed the extensive testing process he subjected himself to for 16 years in order to compete in the pool in and for the U.S. But during a Facebook Live on Friday — while touching on a…
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Michael Phelps: ‘I’ve never competed in a clean field’
After staying in his lane as a swimmer and not speaking out about doping in international competition, Michael Phelps is ready to take on the issue in retirement. Phelps testified Tuesday before a congressional hearing on improving anti-doping measures, delivering the message that he doesn’t believe the Olympics and other competitions are clean and that…
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Russian anti-doping chief denies admitting to “institutional conspiracy” at Sochi 2014
A senior serving Russian anti-doping official has denied admitting that the country operated an “institutional conspiracy” during the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games. Anna Antseliovich, the acting director general of the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA), supposedly admitted the nature of an operation which is thought to have implicated dozens of home medal winners…
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Russians No Longer Dispute Olympic Doping Operation
Russia is for the first time conceding that its officials carried out one of the biggest conspiracies in sports history: a far-reaching doping operation that implicated scores of Russian athletes, tainting not just the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi but also the entire Olympic movement. Over several days of interviews here with The New York…
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Park accuses former Government official of blackmailing him to not compete at Rio 2016
South Korean swimmer Park Tae-hwan has claimed he was offered lucrative sponsorship contracts and a high-profile role at a university in Seoul by a Government official in return for not competing at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. Park, the Beijing 2008 400 metres freestyle gold medallist, was only cleared to take part at…
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Paralympic body sets doping rules for Russia’s return
The International Paralympic Committee has detailed anti-doping standards Russia must meet to regain membership after a state-backed doping program was exposed. The IPC says Russia’s Paralympic body must also “publicly distance itself from all political/propaganda-type statements issued by Russian authorities.” Read CBC Photo by The Department for Culture, Media and Sport
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Vitaly Melnikov (RUS) handed eight-year ban after second positive drug test
Russian swimmer Vitaly Melnikov has been handed an eight-year ban by the International Swimming Federation (FINA) Doping Panel after failing an out-of-competition drug test. The 26-year-old tested positive for a growth hormone on March 29, with the swimmer now set to be banned until April 21, 2024. Melnikov had previously served a two-year doping suspension…