Category: Doping
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Kuwait’s Abdul Rehaman Al Bader suspended for doping with Metylhexaneamine
FINA announced today that Kuwait’s Abdul Rehaman Al Bader has been suspended for six months retroactive to October 19, 2011, after testing positive for Methylhexaneamine at the 1st GCC Games in Bahrain. Read SwimmingWorld Magazine
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Fabiola Molina gets increased 6-month doping ban from CAS
The Court of Arbitration for Sport has ordered an increased six-month ban for 36-year-old Fabiola Molina, until April, after FINA appealed claiming that Brazilian authorities had treated her too leniently. Molina tested positive for Methylhexaneamine at the Brazilian trials for the 2011 World Championships last May, and was imposed a two-month ban from the Brazilian…
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Great Britain now technically banned from London 2012
Crazy, WADA has now declared the British Olympic Association (BOA) “non-compliant” with the WADA Code, which means that the host nation is technically unable to compete at London 2012. The row is over CAS/WADA lifting the ‘Osaka Rule’ that bars from the next games anyone who has served a doping suspension of 6 months or…
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Tour de France winner blasts different perceptions of doping in cycling and soccer
Soccer players are applauded for doping, while cyclist are censured for it, 2006 Tour de France winner Óscar Pereiro claimed on the Spanish television show “Punto Pelota” this weekend. “Giovanella tested positive, Gurpegui, Guardiola … And all are because they take an energy complex. If a cyclist takes it, he has doped. Everyone at San…
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Former tennis great Noah accuses Spain in general of doping
In a Le Monde article published today, 1983 French Open champion Yannick Noah accuses Spanish athletes of widespread doping, adding that the only way to level the playing field would be to allow everyone to use banned drugs. “How can a country (Spain) dominate sport from one day to the next”, he asks, “Had they…
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WADA threatens to declare Britain non-compliant with global anti-doping code
The World Anti-Doping Agency says Britain could be declared non-compliant rules this weekend if it keeps its lifetime Olympic ban for drug violators. Read The Washington Post.
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Jukic avoids fine (or ban) over missed doping test
The Austrian anti-doping agency will not fine European short-course 200-meter butterfly champion Dinko Jukic for missing an unannounced doping test in May. Anti-doping officials visited Jukic during a training session at the Wiener Stadionbad on May 24, but left without taking blood samples after the swimmer complained about hygiene conditions, and disagreeing about the timing…
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Canada gets tough on still involved life-ban coach
Wow, wild story here on thestar.com, about life-banned Canadian coach Cecil Russell who apparently has continued to coach ever since being banned for life in first 1997 and then 2007. Right, his own kids are of Olympic quality, his daughter a finalist in this year’s world championship, and the Dolphin Swim Club parents are supporting…
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CAS dismisses Olympic ban on doping offenders
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) cleared the way today for several dozen former doping offenders to compete at next year’s London 2012 Olympics, by ruling the ‘Osaka’ clause “invalid and unenforceable”, that bars from the Games anyone who has served a suspension of six months or more since the last Olympics. Read for…