Anti-Doping

Kenya continues to grapple with a significant doping problem. Estimates suggest that between 300 and 500 Kenyan athletes have been suspended or implicated in doping-related cases since roughly 2012, making it one of the most serious anti-doping challenges in international athletics.

© Copyright - 2026 - Athletics Illustrated Twenty-five-year-old German sprinter, Owen Ansah, is facing potential sanction after the German anti-doping agency "Nationale Anti Doping...

© Copyright - 2026 - Athletics Illustrated The Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) processed 204 Therapeutic Use Exemption (TUE) applications from Russian athletes in 2025,...

© Copyright - 2026 - Athletics Illustrated The All-Russian Athletics Federation (RusAF) filed an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in...

© Copyright - 2026 - Athletics Illustrated The International Testing Agency (ITA) took a step toward greater transparency in March 2026 by launching its...

In February 2024, refugee team member Dominic Lokolong Atiol from South Sudan tested positive for trimetazadine in an out-of-competition test in Eldoret, Kenya. Atiol claimed...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed legislation bringing the country's anti-doping framework into closer alignment with international standards established by the World Anti-Doping Agency...

As previously published at Athletics Illustrated, Kenyan long-distance runner Kibiwott Kandie was suspended for doping and was to face further charges related to tampering. Former...

South African distance runner Johannes Lodewicus Munnik has been served a notice of allegation that he tested positive for EPO, the red blood cell...

Dickson Kimeli Cheruiyot from Kenya and Yamile Herrera from Mexico are the latest athletes to be suspended for doping by the Athletics Integrity Unit...