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Seven athletes suspended for doping including Bulgarian sprinter Ivet Lalova-Collio

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Bulgarian athlete Ivet Lalova-Collio has been suspended by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) for testing positive for the banned performance-enhancing substance ostarine. The 41-year-old represented...

Kenyan athlete Alice Koigi kept racing after her doping suspension, stealing prize money

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Kenyan athlete Alice Koigi was suspended for doping by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU). When banned or provisionally suspended, athletes cannot race under any...

Albert Korir, 2:06:57 marathon runner, suspended for doping

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The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) has suspended Kenyan Albert Korir for doping. The 2:06:57 marathon runner who won the 2025 Ottawa Marathon (2:08:22) tested...

A Kenyan and a Ugandan athlete have been suspended for doping

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© Copyright - 2026 - Athletics Illustrated Kenyan Alice Koigi and Ugandan Mercyline Chelangat have been banned from the sport of athletics by the...

Banned 10 years: Yousef Mohammed Al-Asiri of Saudi Arabia

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Yousef Mohammed Al-Asiri of Saudi Arabia has been banned for 10 years from the sport of athletics by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU). In...

Kenya’s president William Ruto attempts to legislate capital punishment for drug dealers

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© Copyright - 2026 - Athletics Illustrated Kenya's president, William Ruto, is attempting to legislate capital punishment for drug dealers. It is already a...

India is the most doped country for third consecutive year, Kenya most doped in...

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According to the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), India has the most suspended athletes from doping for the third consecutive year. While Russia historically is...

OPINION: The IOC wants Russian youth competing internationally, moving the country toward full reinstatement

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The International Olympic Committee (IOC) moved forward with the idea of permitting Russia and Belarus to compete in international events. The IOC wants Russia...

SUSPENDED: Ethiopian Jemila Wortesa, Ugandan Mercyline Chelengat for doping, Emmanuel Kipruto Kiprop for disclosure...

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© Copyright - 2025 - Athletics Illustrated Ethiopian Jemila Wortesa and Ugandan Mercyline Chelangat were suspended for doping by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU)...

Not a Happy Ganna to Bone Cheluke of Ethiopia who tested positive for steroids

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Ethiopian distance runner Bone Cheluke has been provisionally suspended by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU), as announced on Wednesday, December 17. She tested positive...