Statement from WADA Director General David Howman following the announcement that Mike Jacobs, a player for Minor League Baseball team Colorado Rockies, had tested positive for human growth hormone (hGH).
Following the registration of four appeals filed by the International Swimming Federation (FINA) against Cesar Cielo, Nicholas dos Santos, Henrique Ribeiro Marques Barbosa and Vinicus Rocha Barbosa Waked and the Brazilian Aquatics Confederation (CBDA), the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) confirms that these matter will be settled by way of an expedited procedure.
Earlier today, the UCI advised the Russian rider Alexandr Kolobnev of an Adverse Analytical Finding (presence of Hydrochlorothiazide based on the report from the WADA accredited laboratory in Châtenay-Malabry) in the urine sample collected from him at an in competition test at the Tour de France on 6 July 2011. Mr. Kolobnev has the right to request and attend the analysis of his B sample.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced on Saturday that it would ban the possession and use of syringes outside medical areas, in a crack down on possible doping at the 2012 Olympics.
NADA (National Anti-Doping Agency in Germany) has officially taken over the results management for doping violations for the German Athletics Federation (DLV) and the German Speed Skating Association (DESG).
Originally the Spanish cyclist Alberto Contador was to have his case arbitrated before the CAS in beginning of June. The hearing has been moved to the beginning of August.
The CAS will hear IOC and the USOC in the Regulations Regarding Participation in the Olympic Games - Regulations Rule 45 of the Olympic Charter.
Dinko Jukic has been cleared of doping charges by the \"Rechtskommission der NADA Austria\"
The Norwegian Race walker Erik Tysse will have his case heard before the CAS in Lausanne on 28.-29. June.
WADA has suspended the accreditation of the Turkish Doping Control Center (TDCC) in Ankara, Turkey.