Category: Doping
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Drugs in Sports: Better Education for Athletes Is Key, Says Anti-doping Singapore | CNA
Anti-Doping Singapore has said that the recent drug scandal involving national swimmers is a timely call to educate better sportsmen and sportswomen, who will be subjected to more frequent testing in the future. Athletes could be sanctioned for anti-doping violations, even if they do not test positive for a banned substance.
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FINA Bureau Votes to Remove Disgraced Doctor Lothar Kipke From FINA Honours List
The FINA Bureau has unanimously voted to remove Dr. Lothar Kipke from the FINA honours list, effective immediately. Kipke was convicted for the leading role he played in doping East German swimmers in the 1970s and 1980s. Following the election of FINA President Captain Husain Al-Musallam, and based on extensive consultation with the swimming community,…
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Olympic Swimmer Sharron Davies Says Doping Investigation Is ‘Better Late Than Never’ | Sky News
Olympian Sharron Davies may have her medal upgraded to gold 41 years after she won silver in the 400m individual medley at the 1980 Olympics in Moscow.
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USA Swimmer Ryan Murphy Says Family Received Online Abuse after Doping Claim – Tokyo 2020 | CGTN Sports Scene
United States Olympic swimmer Ryan Murphy said his family has received abusive messages after he made a doping claim after winning silver in the 200-meter backstroke on Saturday. Murphy’s charge that he was unsure the race was clean was taken as a shot at Russian winner Evgeny Rylov. He backtracked on Sunday, saying he was…
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U.S. Olympic Swimmer Questions If Races Are “Clean†| CBS News
U.S. swimmer Ryan Murphy won the silver medal in the men’s 200-meter backstroke, his last race at the Olympic Games in Tokyo. In an interview following the race, he said his races were “probably not clean.” CBS News correspondent Jamie Yuccas joined “CBSN AM” with more details and news from the Games.
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Tokyo 2020: Ryan Murphy Accuses Swimming of Not Being Clean After Evgeny Rylov 200m Backstroke Gold | Sky Sports News
Team GB’s Luke Greenbank’s Olympic bronze medal win in the men’s 200m backstroke was overshadowed as runner-up Ryan Murphy made cryptic remarks about the race not being clean after Evgeny Rylov’s victory in the event. Murphy made no outright accusation about the Russian Olympic Committee’s Rylov, who backed up his win in the men’s 100m…
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Tokyo Olympics: How Russia Can Send Athletes Despite Doping Violations | Just the FAQs | USA Today
Russian athletes will compete as the Russian Olympic Committee at the Tokyo Olympics. Here’s a breakdown of Russia’s history with doping. RELATED: https://bit.ly/36Nwo1H
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History of Chinese Athletes Doping to Win | China Observer
Chinese swimmer Sun Yang, who was accused by Doping Control Agency IDTM of refusing a drug test in 2018, was banned from competition for eight years by the Court of International Arbitration for Sport (CAS) for “interference with stimulant control”. After a second hearing, the CAS recently announced that Sun’s ban was reduced to four…
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