News on doping in sport

Stay informed on clean competition and anti-doping measures through the Anti-Doping Database.

Uzbek weightlifter banned for four years

Uzbek weightlifter Sardor Lapasov has been banned for four years for an anti-doping rule violation, the National Anti-Doping Agency reports.

Food contamination and doping sanctions

Doping cases involving contamination is uncommon and in the Anti-Doping Database we have registered 189 doping cases where contamination has been the reason why the athlete was sanctioned - or been cleared.

Greek athlete tests positive at Paris Olympics

A greek athlete has been expelled from the athletes’ village at the Paris Olympics after returning a positive test for doping. It is not the first time a Greek athlete violates anti-doping rules during Olympic Games.

Long time advocate for clean sport – Harri Syväsalmi has passed away

Finnish Center for Integrity in Sport, is reporting that Harri Syväsalmi at the age of 71. The Finnish sport leader was one of the founders of the World Anti-Doping Agency. He also held the position as General Secretary from 1999 until 2003.

Lifetime ban for anyone who is caught doping?

Michael Phelps, the most successful and most decorated Olympian of all time with a total of 28 medals, said to American news that he wants anyone caught doping to be suspended for life. That has been suggested and even tried a few times and it unlikely it will ever happen.

Doping at the Olympics: A Persistent Challenge

The Olympic Summer Games is the biggest sport event. And some are willing to take short cuts – and chances – to win medals. Of the last six Games, more than 200 athletes has been sanctioned for an anti-doping rule violation.

Stanozolol: The Drug of Choice for Track and Field Cheats

The sport of athletics is plagued by the persistent issue of doping. Topping the list of substances that has sidelined athletes is the steroid Stanozolol.

Athletes who has tested positive at the Paris Olympic Games

On this page we will maintain a list of athletes who has tested positive in relation to the Olympic Summer Games in Paris in 2024

Afghan judoka suspended for positive steroid test

The Afghanistan judoka Mohammad Samim Faizad have tested positive for the steroid Stanozolol. He is the third athlete to test positive at the Olympic Summer Games in Paris in 2024.

Just one gold medalist from Tokyo Olympic Games has been banned after the Games

At Olympic Summer Games in Tokyo in 2021 Randolph Ross won a gold medal on the 4x400 relay. One year later he received a three-year ban for violating the whereabout rule.

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