The UCI confirmed today that Spanish rider Alberto Contador returned an adverse analytical finding for clenbuterol following the analysis of urine sample taken during an in competition test on 21st July 2010 on the second rest day of the Tour de France.
Colorado Springs, CO – September 30, 2010 -- Ten years ago, on October 1, 2000, the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) began operations as the independent, non-profit entity established to carry out the anti-doping program in the United States for Olympic, Paralympic and Pan American sport athletes.
Earlier today, the UCI advised Spanish riders David Garcia Da Peña and Ezequiel Mosquera of their Adverse Analytical Findings (presence of Hydroxyethyl starch based on reports from the WADA accredited laboratory in Köln) in the urine samples collected from them at an in-competition test at the Vuelta a España on 16 September 2010.
Shut putter Remigius Machura is the third athlete to be suspended to Human Growth Hormone.
According to news agency Reuters, the president of French Anti-Doping Agency (AFDL), Pierre Bordry has resigned.
Formed Portugal coach Carlos Queiroz ban has been lifted by The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).
Because of the positive tested of European team champion, Dimitrij Ovtcharov, the German Table Tennis Federation has decided to test all of its national teams.
The establishment of an anti-doping center for former USSR countries will be debated in Tsaghkadzor.
Victor Conte, founder and owner of Bay Area Laboratory Cooperative (BALCO), says to Inside The Games that possible corruption happens in anti-doping laboratories.
According to Discovery News tests to detect Gene Doping in athletes are being developed.