US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) has given Lance Armstrong two more weeks to meet with the organization.
The Danish professional cyclist Michael Rasmussen has confessed to Anti Doping Denmark and the NOC and Sports Confederation of Denmark about his extensive use of doping for many years, and a case will now be opened against the rider by the Doping Commission.
Cape Town – 24 January, 2013 – SA Institute for Drug-Free Sport (SAIDS) is in the process of doing retroactive testing for EPO (Erythropoietin) of all blood samples of over 50 top cyclists that competed in major mountain and road races during 2012 to establish whether EPO doping took place and if an EPO doing infrastructure exists in SA. Athletes testing positive will be charged and could face bans.
On January 18 former pro cyclist Lance Armstrong confessed he had been using performance enhancing substances during his career. The information he reveals do open up more questions when it comes to penalizing doping.
Both USADA and WADA has rejected to work with the UCI Independent Commission.
The UCI joins with the members of the Independent Commission in expressing regret that the World Anti-Doping Agency and the US Anti-Doping Agency have indicated that they will not cooperate with the Independent Commission established to investigate the allegations made against the UCI in the recent USADA reasoned decision on Lance Armstrong and the United States Postal Service (USPS) team.
Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association announced today that they have modified their Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program to provide for unannounced, random blood testing for the detection of human growth hormone (hGH) during the regular season, beginning in 2013.
UK Anti-Doping has today confirmed that Ian Burns has been banned from all competition for four years under the UK Athletics anti-doping rules.
The Executive Board of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) today announced that four athletes who won medals at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games have been disqualified after further analysis of their stored samples resulted in adverse analytical findings.
Cape Town – 5 December, 2012 – SA Institute for Drug-Free Sport (SAIDS) has announced that South African cycling champion, David George, who tested positive for the banned drug EPO (Erythropoietin) has received a two year ban from sport, following sentencing on Saturday.