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.
A team of Australian scientists is marking 25 years of defending the goal-line against prohibited performance enhancing substances in sport.
The European Olympic Committees (EOC) announced today that Chaltu Beji of Azerbaijan has been found to have committed an Anti-Doping Rule Violation under EOC Anti-Doping Rules applicable to the Baku 2015 European Games, and has been suspended from participation at the Games.
In a chat with the readers of the Danish newspaper Ekstra Bladet, Michael Rasmussen said that he hoped none of the top riders in the peleton was doping, but their achievements in the mountains do raise questions.