Tag: Russia
IOC Starts Disciplinary Procedures Against 28 Russian Athletes from Sochi 2014
Following the publication of the completed WADA Independent Person (IP) Report on 9 December 2016, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced today that 28...
McLaren Report Claims More Than 1,000 Russian Athletes Involved in State-Sponsored Doping
More than 1,000 athletes across summer, winter and Paralympic sports were involved in a widespread state-sponsored doping system in Russia akin to an "institutional...
Zhukov Claims Russian Anti-Doping Bill Emphasises Zero-Tolerance Approach After Parliamentary Approval
An anti-doping bill which introduces sanctions including prison terms for coaches found guilty of coercing athletes into taking performance enhancing drugs has been passed...
Release Date of Second Part of McLaren Report Pushed Back Until Mid-December
The second part of Richard McLaren’s report investigating accusations of state-sponsored doping in Russia is now set to be released in mid-December.
It had been...
Sprinting Legend Donovan Bailey Calls on IAAF to ‘Press Reset’ on Records Tainted by...
Canadian sprinting legend Donovan Bailey has called on the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) to "press reset" on all records in the sport...
Putin Claims Athletes With TUEs Should be Excluded From Events and Calls for Sport...
Athletes who have therapeutic use exemptions (TUEs) should be excluded from major events because it gives them an unfair advantage over the rest of...
Russian Olympic Hammer Champion Lysenko to Lose London 2012 Gold Medal for Doping
Russia's Olympic hammer champion Tatyana Lysenko has been stripped of her London 2012 gold medal after failing a retrospective drugs test.
The International Olympic Committee...
Gold Medalists at Russia’s Alternative Paralympic Games to be Awarded Over $60,000
Russian athletes who won gold medals at the country’s competition which was held after their ban from the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games will be...
WADA Asks Russia for Help After Wiggins, Froome Among Athletes Targeted in Latest Fancy...
Russia have been asked to help fight against the hackers who have again infiltrated the website of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and published...
Russian Weightlifting Federation President Resigns After Entire Team Banned From Rio 2016
Sergey Syrtsov has resigned as President of the Russian Weightlifting Federation (RWF) after the nation’s team were banned from the Olympic Games in Rio...
