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'Blow to clean athletes': Condemnation as Russia doping ban cut from four to two years
• 4 years agoThe CAS judgement comes after WADA hit Russia with the four-year ban last year for doping non-compliance after finding data handed over from its tainted Moscow laboratory had been manipulated.
Alberto Salazar's appeal hearing in doping case postponed to March due to coronavirus pandemic
• 4 years agoThe Court of Arbitration for Sport said it has moved next week's scheduled hearing for Salazar and endocrinologist Jeffrey Brown to a new slot from 3-12 March.
Christian Coleman to 'immediately appeal' two-year doping ban in CAS, says manager Emanuel Hudson
• 4 years agoColeman, who won the men's 100 metres at last year's World Championships in Doha in a world-leading time for the season of 9.76 seconds, was provisionally suspended for three 'whereabouts failures' in June.
CAS to hear banned track coach Alberto Salazar's appeal against his doping suspension in November
• 5 years agoSalazar, who coached some of the world’s top distance runners including British Olympic and world champion Mo Farah, was banned by the USADA in October for “orchestrating and facilitating” doping as head coach of the Nike Oregon Project (NOP).
Tokyo Olympics 2020: Anti-doping bodies dial down testing due to coronavirus but Games-bound athletes still asked to give dope test
• 5 years agoThe International Olympic Committee has said it remains fully committed to opening the Tokyo Games on 24 July, so testers are still visiting some athletes at a time when many people are trying to avoid social contact
Mo Farah admits to having suffered 'financially and emotionally' from his ties with banned ex-coach Alberto Salazar
• 5 years agoAmerican Salazar was banned for four years by the US Anti-Doping Agency last year for “orchestrating and facilitating prohibited doping conduct” as head coach of the Nike Oregon Project, a camp designed mainly to develop US endurance athletes.
USADA chief Travis Tygart says WADA's decision allowing Russian athletes to compete as individuals is blow to clean sportspersons
• 5 years agoTravis Tygart, the USADA chief, says Russia has only been emboldened by previous sanctions for its doping violations and the four-year ban imposed on Monday will do nothing to change its behaviour.
Russian doping blurs innocence and guilt, with Olympics caught in the middle
• 5 years agoRussian doping blurs innocence and guilt, with Olympics caught in the middle
UK Athletics commissions review into dealings with Alberto Salazar and disbanded Nike Oregon Project
• 5 years agoUK Athletics has commissioned an independent review into its dealings with banned track coach Alberto Salazar and the recently disbanded Nike Oregon Project.
Two-time Olympic gold medallist Conor Dwyer suspended for doping, swimmer announces retirement after verdict
• 5 years agoUS swimmer Conor Dwyer, a two-time Olympic gold medallist, has been suspended 20 months for doping after an arbitration panel found he had testosterone pellets implanted in his body, the US Anti-Doping Agency said.