Lausanne, 24 March 2015 – The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) today called on the global anti-doping community to optimize the implementation and practice of the revised World Anti-Doping Code (Code) just three months after the enhanced rulebook came into effect.
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) today announced that the potential of their Special Anti-Doping Research Fund -- a partnership with governments of the world and the IOC -- nears USD 13 million.
The International Weightlifting Federation reports that eleven Bulgarian weightlifters has tested positive for Stanozolol.
The Court of Arbitration for Sport increased the suspension of Nevin Yanit from two years to three years.
The Italian figure skater Carolina Kostner and the Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI) has both appealed a suspension of Kostner to CAS.
President of the World Anti-Doping Agency, IOC Vice-President Sir Craig Reedie, informed the Executive Board of IOC about the status for the Rio Anti-Doping Laboratory.
The Austrian cyclist Emanuel Nösig is provisionally suspended after testing positive for an anabolic steroid.
Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) has suspended five race walkers for violation article 2.2 in the WADA code - Use of prohibited substance and (or) a prohibited method.
As officially announced in late November 2014, the IBU pro-actively decided to re-analyze some samples that showed atypical results in the previous seasons and were therefore stored for potential future analysis.
As officially announced in late November, the IBU pro-actively decided to re-analyze some samples that showed atypical results in the previous seasons and were therefore stored for potential future analysis. As a result, five samples were reported positive for recombinant EPO from the WADA laboratory.