The protection of clean athletes and the fight against doping are top priorities for the International Olympic Committee (IOC), as outlined in Olympic Agenda 2020, the IOC's strategic roadmap for the future of the Olympic Movement. The IOC is currently conducting additional analyses on the samples collected from the Olympic Games London 2012. This programme, which uses the latest scientific analysis methods, aims to test samples for all substances prohibited in 2012.
US Gymnast Laura Zeng has been banned for six months after testing positive for Acetazolamide.
Two Chinese canoeists have received two-year bans after failing out-of-competition drug tests in April.
The International Biathlon Union (IBU) is aware of the action taken by the Austrian state authorities in the Russian National Biathlon Team’s accommodation in Hochfilzen.
The International Biathlon Union has filed cases against four Russian biathletes with its Anti-Doping Hearing Panel (ADHP). The four athletes subject to the ADHP proceedings are Evgeny Ustyugov, Svetlana Sleptsova, Alexander Pechenkin and Alexander Chernysev.
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) announces that it has received expressions of interest from Muscat (Oman), Katowice (Poland), and Geneva (Switzerland) to host the next World Conference on Doping in Sport, which the Agency has called for November 2019.
Oslo (ADDB): A search in the Anti-Doping Database reveals that India has the most doping cases in weightlifting.
The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) decided not to reinstate the Russian Athletics Federation.
The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) will review the decision made by WADA before making a decision on whether to reinstate the Russian Athletics Federation (RusAF).
The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) and the International Testing Agency (ITA) have signed a partnership whereby the ITA will take responsibility for key areas of the IWF’s anti-doping programme.