The International Testing Agency (ITA) reports that a sample collected from swimmer María José Ribera Pinto (Bolivia) has returned an Adverse Analytical Finding¹ for the specified prohibited substance furosemide.
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has announced its decision in the case of Mario Vuskovic. The appeal by the National Anti Doping Agency (NADA Germany) and the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) was upheld.
Dominique Lasconi Mulamba from the Democratic Republic of Congo has tested positive for a steroid at the Olympic Games in Paris.
Uzbek weightlifter Sardor Lapasov has been banned for four years for an anti-doping rule violation, the National Anti-Doping Agency reports.
Doping cases involving contamination is uncommon and in the Anti-Doping Database we have registered 189 doping cases where contamination has been the reason why the athlete was sanctioned - or been cleared.
A greek athlete has been expelled from the athletes’ village at the Paris Olympics after returning a positive test for doping. It is not the first time a Greek athlete violates anti-doping rules during Olympic Games.
Finnish Center for Integrity in Sport, is reporting that Harri Syväsalmi at the age of 71. The Finnish sport leader was one of the founders of the World Anti-Doping Agency. He also held the position as General Secretary from 1999 until 2003.
Michael Phelps, the most successful and most decorated Olympian of all time with a total of 28 medals, said to American news that he wants anyone caught doping to be suspended for life. That has been suggested and even tried a few times and it unlikely it will ever happen.
The Olympic Summer Games is the biggest sport event. And some are willing to take short cuts – and chances – to win medals. Of the last six Games, more than 200 athletes has been sanctioned for an anti-doping rule violation.
The sport of athletics is plagued by the persistent issue of doping. Topping the list of substances that has sidelined athletes is the steroid Stanozolol.