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Posts Tagged ‘doping’


Liliana Popescu barred from Olympics for Doping

Liliana Popescu is one of the fastest 1500m runners in the world this year, clocking 4:00.35 at at a grand prix meet in Bucharest a few days before the indoor world championships. Unfortunately, she is probably not going to be able to display her talents on the world stage. Romania does not want to break [...]

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This Week Last Year: Dancing, Doping & 200m

This week last year saw a varied range of topics on the site with a good mix of tips and news. I began the week by looking at dancing as an alternative exercise. Unfortunately for my wife and I, we haven’t been out dancing too often since she went to law school. The UCI came [...]

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Justin Gatlin can compete…oh wait, no he can’t…

Two weeks ago, Justin Gatlin’s appeal was rejected and his original doping offense for being on ADHD medication was upheld. At the time, I stated that the matter was settled now and that he had to wait until 2010 to return. According to U.S. District Judge Lacey A. Collier, I was wrong. He has filed [...]

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Drug Testing To Be Implemented at Youth Championships

American athletes have been subject to drug testing when competing in international competition for years, but have not been subject to it domestically on any but the smallest scale. That is about to change in the coming years for the Intermediate (15-16 years old) and Young Men/Woman (17-18) divisions. Starting in 2008, all youth championship [...]

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Justin Gatlin’s appeal rejected by Court of Arbitration for Sport

Things are not looking so good for Justin Gatlin. His appeal to reduce his ban from 4 years to 2 years was rejected by CAS. USATF President Bill Roe had this to say: “USA Track & Field respects the decision of the Court of Arbitration for Sport regarding Justin Gatlin’s eligibility. This case has been [...]

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Michael Johnson giving up Olympic Gold attained through doping

Michael Johnson holds the 200m and 400m world records, and until recently had 5 Olympic Gold medals. That’s about to change, though, as he is voluntarily returning one of his Olympic Gold medals now that he knows it wasn’t not achieved legally. In the 2000 Sydney Olympics, 3 of the 4 runners on the 1600m [...]

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Thursday News Round Up

There is a lot happening this week in the world of running, so today I have a quick round up for you rather than providing a series of short articles on each one. Trevor Graham found guilty of lying to investigators Things are not looking good for Trevor Graham, a track coach who has had [...]

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LaTesha Jenkins beats drug charges

One of Trevor Graham’s athletes that has tested positive for steroids has had her career restored after appealing the drug tests. Her case has been under review and appeal since 2006. LaTesha Jenkins can now compete again now that she has both won her appeal and WADA has dropped it’s appeal of the overturned charge [...]

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