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The Olympic anti-doping laboratory would test up to 400 samples every day for more than 240 prohibited substances. [ 130 ] The head of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), John Fahey, announced on 24 July that 107 athletes had been sanctioned for doping offences in the six months to 19 June. [ 131 ]
The results of Donike's unofficial tests later convinced the IOC to add his new technique to their testing protocols. [5] The first documented case of "blood doping" occurred at the 1980 Summer Olympics as a runner was transfused with two pints of blood before winning medals in the 5000 m and 10,000 m. [6]
A male judoka from Iraq tested positive for two anabolic steroids at the Paris Olympics, the International Testing Agency said Friday. It was the first doping case at these Summer Games and was ...
A potentially explosive doping scandal rocked Olympic swimming Saturday after revelations that 23 Chinese swimmers, including gold medalists and world record-setters, tested positive for a banned ...
An athlete biological passport is an individual electronic record for professional athletes, in which profiles of biological markers of doping and results of doping tests are collated over a period of time. Doping violations can be detected by noting variances from an athlete's established levels outside permissible limits, rather than testing ...
Similar to other sports, the use of performance-enhancing drugs — otherwise known as doping — has been banned at the Olympics. In 1999, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) was created to lead ...
Spanish figure skater Laura Barquero has become the fourth athlete to fail a doping test at the Beijing Olympics after testing positive for the banned steroid clostebol, the International Testing ...
Russian weightlifters were banned from Rio Olympics for numerous anti-doping violations also. [14] On 24 July, the IOC rejected WADA's recommendation to ban Russia from the Summer Olympics and announced that a decision would be made by each sport federation, with each positive decision having to be approved by a CAS arbitrator. [15]