Category: Doping
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KOC confirms swimmer Park Tae-hwan barred from competing in Rio
After months of will he or won’t he,… we now have confirmation that South Korean swimmer Park Tae-hwan will NOT be boarding a flight to this year’s Olympics in Rio. The Korean Olympic Committee says the 2008 400 meter freestyle champion has been ruled out of the games because of his recent doping history.
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Sportleaks.com Launches Platform for Sports and Doping Whistleblowers
SportsLeaks.com and DopingLeaks.com are one and the same website. It is a secure global platform which enables you to drop off information and files to investigative sports journalists working around the world. We have all received leaked data in the past from whistleblowers. That spawned the idea of creating a secure platform in order to…
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Cameron van der Burgh’s coach Dirk Lange angry over China dope claims
The former head coach of SA swimming‚ Dirk Lange‚ is threatening to sue over accusations that he is helping swimmers from China to dope ahead of the 2016 Rio Games. The Sunday Telegraph in Britain reported that some of the China’s top swimmers‚ including two who have previously tested positive for drugs‚ have moved their…
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Park Tae-hwan begs for Rio Olympics chance
Banned swimmer Park Tae-hwan got on his knees and begged the Korean Olympic Committee to let him compete at the Rio Games. A 400-metre freestyle gold medallist at the 2008 Games in Beijing, Park was given an 18-month ban back in 2014 by swimming’s governing body FINA after testing positive for testosterone. That suspension expired…
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FINA Decides to Maintain Provisional Suspension of Yuliya Efimova
Considering the provisional suspension imposed by FINA to swimmer Yulia Efimova (RUS) and the recent WADA recommendations on the use of Meldonium, the FINA Doping Panel decided to maintain the provisional suspension of this athlete, until a hearing of Ms Efimova is held by the FINA Doping Panel. Read FINA Photo courtesy of svoem.dk, CC…
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Ineligible for Olympics, Park Tae-hwan undecided on entering national team trials
Disgraced former Olympic swimming champion Park Tae-hwan remains undecided on entering the upcoming national team trials, after he has been ruled out of this year’s Summer Games, his agency said Tuesday. Park has registered to compete in the men’s 100m, 200m, 400m and 1,500m freestyle races at the 88th Dong-A Swimming Competition starting on April…
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WADA announces meldonium amnesty
The presence of less than one microgram of meldonium in doping samples in tests conducted on athletes before March 1 this year is acceptable, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) said on Wednesday. Meldonium was added to WADA’s list of banned substances on Jan. 1, 2016, with athletes around the world being informed of the decision…
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Ex-Olympic swimming champ Park Tae-Hwan denied Rio Olympics / YTN
South Korea’s only Olympic swimming gold medalist Park Tae-Hwan will unlikely be allowed to race for his country in this year’s Rio Summer Olympic Games.
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Olympic gold medallist Park to miss Rio 2016 following Korean Olympic Committee ruling
Olympic gold medallist Park Tae-hwan’s hopes of representing South Korea at Rio 2016 have been dashed after the Korean Olympic Committee (KOC) refused to waive its rule on athletes competing at the Games who have failed drugs tests. Park, who won the men’s 400 metres freestyle race at Beijing 2008, was handed an 18-month ban…