Colorado Springs, Colo. (September 30, 2019) – USADA announced today that two independent three-member panels of the American Arbitration Association (AAA) rendered their decisions in the cases of Alberto Salazar and Dr. Jeffrey Brown, determining that each should receive a 4-year sanction for orchestrating and facilitating prohibited doping conduct while acting, respectively, as head coach of the Nike Oregon Project (NOP) and as a paid consultant for the NOP on performance enhancement and as physician for numerous athletes in the NOP.
USADA announced today that the karate-athlete Joane Orbon, has accepted a 9-month sanction. Orbin tested positive after using a contaminated supplement.
USADA announced today that it has withdrawn its charge that USA Track & Field athlete Christian Coleman committed a violation of the whereabouts rules after receiving guidance from the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) on the interpretation of the current International Standard for Testing and Investigations (ISTI) concerning the date on which a failure to update an athlete’s changed whereabouts information should be considered to have occurred.
Operation Aderlass (blood-letting) is a police investigation targeting a German doctor and his clients - professional athletes.
Re-analysis of samples from the London Summer Olympics in 2012 has found that Lithuanian athlete Jevgenij Shuklin, competing in the Men’s Canoe Sprint C-1 200m event in which he ranked 2nd and was awarded the silver medal, has been disqualified from the Olympic Games London 2012. Re-analysis of Shuklin’s samples from London 2012 resulted in a positive test for the prohibited substances Dehydrochlormethyltestosterone (oral turinabol).
The International Biathlon Union has decided to suspend Alexandr Pechenkin and Alexander Chernyshov for participating in an organised doping scheme.
The IWF Opens Disciplinary Proceedings against five Athletes on the basis of the Investigations into the Russian doping scheme
Trimetazidine has been reclassified since the beginning of 2015. It was only prohibited in-competition only until the end of 2014.
Salzburg, 08 May 2019: The International Biathlon Union (IBU) Executive Board decided that a new, operationally independent Biathlon Integrity Unit should be set-up as part of the federation’s ongoing commitment to implementing the highest standards in good governance, transparency and anti-doping rules.
According to media reports Austrian police has had a successful Razzia against the hotel where the Austrian team stayed.