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Footwear brand On and the Athletics Integrity Unit partner

On joins shoe brands adidas, ASICS and Nike to financially support the Athletics Integrity Unit's (AIU) Registered Test Pool (RTP). The latter three have...

Indian distance runner Rameshwar Munjal banned five years for doping

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Indian distance runner Rameshwar Munjal has been banned for five years by the Athletics Integrity Unit for doping. He tested positive for Erythropoietin (EPO),...

Indian junior athletics coach and 7 of his athletes suspended for doping related offences

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When it comes to doping suspensions, India is beginning to look like Kenya. Stories have come to the fore about Indian athletes fleeing track...

Kenyan, Emmanuel Kipchumba Kemboi, received a two-year doping ban

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Kenyan Emmanuel Kipchumba Kemboi submitted a urine sample at the 2024 Lisbon Marathon in October. On December 17, 2024, the World Anti-Doping Agency (“WADA”)...

Chinese marathon runner, Liya Guo, banned for anti-doping rule violation

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Twenty-nine-year-old Chinese distance runner Lya Guo has been banned by the Athletics Integrity Unit for an anti-doping rule violation. The in-competition test sample was taken...

Kenyan, Brimin Misoi Kipkorir, has been suspended for 5 years for doping

Thirty-five-year-old Kenyan distance runner Brimin Misoi Kipkorir has been suspended by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) for doping. On 22 November 2024, the Athlete...

Ethiopian athlete, Alemtsehay Asefa, banned two years for whereabouts failures

Ms. Alemtsehay Asefa is a 26-year-old marathon runner from Ethiopia and has been banned for two years for whereabouts failures. According to the Athletics Integrity...

Nigerian long jumper, Goodness Iredia, suspended three years for doping

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Nigerian long and triple jumper, Goodness Iredia, has received a provisional suspension by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU). He is suspended due to an...

Third Indian athlete from the Pune Half Marathon busted for doping with meldonium

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Twenty-two-year-old half marathon runner busted for doping with meldonium. This is the third athlete announced over two days from the in-competition tests at the...

Vivek More of India suspended for doping with a cocktail of banned substances

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Twenty-four-year-old Indian athlete Vivek More tested positive for a cocktail of substances: meldonium, mephentermine, and darbepoetin (dEPO). For all the drugs, he was not...