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The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) confirmed today that its Independent Commission will urgently launch its investigation into widespread doping allegations against international athletics. The allegations stem from the television documentary titled “Doping – Top Secret: The Shadowy World of Athletics”, which was released by German broadcaster ARD on 1 August.
The World Anti-Doping Agency confirms that the leaked database, which contains blood values of athletes from international athletics, is not from its Anti-Doping Administration & Management System (ADAMS).
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) announces that it has viewed, and is very alarmed by, the television documentary that was released by German broadcaster ARD on 1 August. The documentary, titled “Doping – Top Secret: The Shadowy World of Athletics”, contains new allegations regarding widespread doping in international athletics.
The Italian rider Fabio Taborre has tested positive for FG 5692 in a sample collected during an out-of-competition test on June 16, 2015.
The Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) has started a new investigation of Victor Chegin.
Cycling has a long history of doping which dates back into the end of the 19th century.
The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) announces that it has notified Italian rider Luca Paolini of an Adverse Analytical Finding of Cocaine (Benzoylecgonine metabolite) in a sample collected in the scope of an in-competition control on 7 July 2015 during the Tour de France.
Nine of the riders participating in the 2015 edition of the Tour de France has been either banned or received some sort of sanction for doping in the past. UCI and the French Anti-Doping Agency (AFLD) has renewed their cooperation agreement for this years race.
A New Zealand weightlifter has been banned from participating in all sport for eight years for his “systematic and ongoing” attempts to evade drug testing.