The Melbourne utility received a ban of more than four years for testing positive to cocaine on match day and for “trafficking or attempted trafficking”.
Aivi Luik was not available for selection for Paris 2024 because of a three-month suspension relating to a pain-killing injection she was given two years ago by her former club in Italy.
It is the anti-doping equivalent of Monopoly’s get out of jail free card and Jannik Sinner became the latest athlete to play it and escape a drugs ban.
Ten Olympians who were cheated out of their moment of glory at Sydney 2000,Beijing 2008 and London 2012 have received their medals during a special reallocation ceremony in Paris.
Bol broke his silence on a recent Court of Arbitration for Sport hearing after running the heats of the 800m in Paris,finishing seventh in 1:47.50. He will get another chance to make the semi-final on Thursday.
The near-Orwellian powers of a US anti-doping act and subsequent protective action by the IOC threaten to disrupt the 2028 and 2034 Games in LA and Salt Lake City.
The Chinese told WADA that the pair went out for a day in early October,stopping at a restaurant for Coke,hamburgers and fries. Days later,they were subjected to routine drug testing,which came back positive.
China’s 31 swimmers in Paris are the world’s most frequently drug tested athletes – at a rate five times higher than their Australian counterparts.
The World Anti-Doping Agency’s recent decision-making turns on its head the concept of strict liability.
Confidence in WADA’s ability stop drug cheats is at rock-bottom after it was cleared of mishandling of a case involving 23 Chinese swimmers.
AFL says that Sport Integrity Australia had not received information about the alleged extortion attempt.