15-year-old Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva has become a real star of the Beijing Olympics. She will go down in history as the first figure skater to land a quad at the Games. But the star did not have time to shine brightly, as it already got into a scandal. Read more about the reasons told the publication…
Previously, the document was approved by the House of Representatives and sent to President Trump for signature, writes Voice of America. The US Senate has approved a bill that would allow US legal officials to prosecute individuals involved in doping violations at international events involving US athletes...
Russia again wants to be barred from major sporting events due to doping. The country could lose the FIFA World Cup. The "Compliance Committee" of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) on November 25 recommended to suspend Russian athletes from Olympiads and World Championships for four years, as well as to deprive ...
About 5% of current and former US athletes said they had not been doping tested during their careers. This is reported by the portal Inside the Games with reference to a study by the American Anti-Doping Agency (USADA). It is noted that the survey conducted by USADA was attended by ...
The film “Icarus,” a film about a doping scandal based on the revelations of Grigory Rodchenkov, was recognized by the Academy as the best documentary of last year. The film “Icarus” by American director Brian Fogel about the doping scandal in Russia was awarded the Oscar in the category “Best Documentary Film”. Awards Ceremony...
A prohibited drug was found in the body of Russian bobsledder Nadezhda Sergeeva, who took 12th place in the two-man competition at the Pyeongchang Olympics, said the head of the Russian Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation, Alexander Zubkov. The federation’s page on the social network Facebook says that we are talking about...
The international sports arbitration in Lausanne satisfied the claims of 28 Russian athletes, recognizing their suspension from the Olympics and lifelong disqualification as illegal. The claims of another 11 athletes were partially satisfied. It is not clear whether the athletes who won the court will be able to take part in the 2018 Games, writes Lenta.ru. CAS justified ...
The world's leading anti-doping agencies demand a ban on Russian athletes from taking part in the Winter Olympics in South Korea in 2018, writes The Guardian. Among the 17 anti-doping agencies in the world were the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. The fact that the British Anti-Doping Agency is among ...
Russia has admitted for the first time that its officials participated in one of the largest conspiracies in sports history - a large-scale doping operation in which many Russian Olympians were involved, writes Voice of America. The New York Times reported that in interviews conducted during...
On the instructions of the World Anti-Doping Agency, the second part of the report on the doping system in sports Russia was prepared. The report was written by Richard McLaren, professor of law at the University of Western Ontario, Canada. The report states that all the findings of the first part of the report have been confirmed. We remind that in ...