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IOC sanctions two Russian athletes as part of Oswald Commission findings

Today, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has published the first conclusions from the Oswald Commission hearings, which are being conducted in the context of the Sochi 2014 forensic and analytic doping investigations. As a result, the two Russian athletes Alexander Legkov and Evgeniy Belov have been sanctioned.

IOC sanctions four Russian athletes as part of Oswald Commission findings

Today, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has published new decisions from the Oswald Commission hearings, which are being conducted in the context of the Sochi 2014 forensic and analytic doping investigations. As a result, the four Russian skeleton athletes, Sochi 2014 bronze medallist Elena NIKITINA, Mariia ORLOVA, Olga POTYLITSYNA and Sochi 2014 gold medallist Aleksandr TRETIAKOV, have been sanctioned.

CAS dismissed appeal filed by high jumper Anna Chicherova

Lausanne, 6 October 2017 – The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has dismissed the appeal filed by the Russian high jumper Anna Chicherova against the decision issued by the Disciplinary Commission of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) dated 4 October 2016.

CAS decision concerning Norwegian Cross-Country Skier Therese Johaug

The Court of Arbitration for Sport has decided to ban the athlete for 18 months in the case against the Norwegian cross-country skier Therese Johaug.

The Cycling Anti-Doping Foundation announces anti-doping measures for 2017 Tour de France

The Agence Française de Lutte contre le Dopage (AFLD) and the Cycling Anti-Doping Foundation (CADF), the independent body mandated by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) to define and carry out the fight against doping in cycling, confirmed today that they will continue their close collaboration on anti-doping controls during the 2017 Tour De France, which begins on Saturday 1st July in Düsseldorf, Germany.

Cardoso provisionally suspended for EPO

The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) announces that Portuguese rider André Cardoso was notified of an Adverse Analytical Finding (AAF) of Erythropoietin in a sample collected in the scope of an out-of-competition control on 18 June 2017.

Brett Clothier appointed as first Head of Athletics Integrity Unit

The IAAF is pleased to announce the appointment of Brett Clothier as the first Head of the independent Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU).

Norwegian Weightlifter banned two years for Meldonium

The Norwegian weightlifter Ruth Kasirye has been banned for two years after testing positive for Meldonium.

More athletes used clostebol in 2016 than before

Ten athletes tested positive for Clostebol in 2016. That is three times as many as in 2015, and nearly twice as many as in 2013 when six athletes was banned for using the steroid.

NADA Germany responsible for doping controls at Table Tennis WCF

The National Anti-Doping Agency of Germany organizes and conducts all doping controls during the World Table Tennis Championships in Düsseldorf, Germany.

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