In 2015, the former head of Russia’s anti-doping laboratory, Grigory Rodchenkov, exposed Russia’s tampering of blood and urine samples to cover up their use of performance enhancing drugs (PEDs). Rodchenkov, who resigned from his position after the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) accused him of tampering with more than 1,400 samples…
Russia’s banned track and field athletes are expected to find out on Thursday whether they will be allowed to compete in the Rio Olympics Games, after lodging an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport. The country’s participation at any event in Brazil also hangs in the balance, with…
ZHUKOVSKY, Russia Long jumper Ekaterina Koneva says she’ll cry. World hurdles champion Sergei Shubenkov says he’ll drown his sorrows. A day before a sports court rules on Russia’s appeal against the ban on its track and field team from the Olympics, star Russian athletes at a meet near Moscow pondered…
Olympic leaders called for drug-testing of individual Russian and Kenyan athletes across all sports, warning Tuesday that evidence of inadequate doping controls in those countries could lead to more teams being barred from the Rio de Janeiro Games. At the same time, the international sports officials also opened the door…
Russian world and Olympic pole vault medalist Yelena Isinbayeva defended clean athletes’ right to compete in the Rio Olympics in an open letter. MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Russian world and Olympic pole vault medalist Yelena Isinbayeva penned an open letter addressed to the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) defending her and her fellow…
Athletics superpower Russia is running out of time to eradicate doping and may not be able to send a track and field team to this year’s Rio Olympics, Dick Pound, chair of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) independent commission, said on Wednesday. “There seems to be some evidence that they’re…
Decision over lifting of Russia’s ban from international competition to take place after next year’s World Indoor Championships in Portland, Oregon No Russian athletes will appear at next year’s IAAF World Indoor Championships. Russia has effectively been banned from next year’s World Indoor Championships after it was confirmed a decision…
Around 3,000 samples have been taken from Russian athletes by officials investigating claims of widespread doping in the country. The World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) launched its investigation following allegations made in a German television documentary. Russian sports minister Vitaly Mutko confirmed a Wada commission had now visited the country at…
