Anti-Doping

News, stories, editorials and opinion on the state of doping in the sport of athletics

Court of Arbitration for Sport may have erred in its decision to dismiss WADA...

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has dismissed the World Anti-Doping Agency's (WADA) appeal against French fencer Ysaora Thibus. The Fédération Internationale d’Escrime...

Suspected all along: Age cheating in Ethiopian athletics is confirmed by Ethiopian Athletics Federation

© Copyright - 2025 - Athletics Illustrated "Failure is the rent you pay for success."— Ethiopian proverb The Ethiopian Athletics Federation (EAF) conducted...

Two provisionally suspended for doping: Twinkle Chaudhary and Morine Gesare Michira

© Copyright - 2025 - Athletics Illustrated Twinkle Chaudhary The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) suspended multiple national championship medallist Twinkle Chaudhary as the 28-year-old tested positive...

Wesam Alfarsi and Wilfried Happio banned for doping-related issues

Wesam Nasser A Alfarsi Saudi Arabian middle and long-distance runner Wesam Nasser A Alfarsi has been banned for five years for doping. In September 2024,...

Mediocre runner Andrej Hladnik of Croatia caught doping

The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) has banned Croatian Andrej Hladnik for three years from June 6, 2025, for the presence of a prohibited substance....

Doping: The Athletics Integrity Unit sanctioned three athletes, two from Kenya, one from Mexico

© Copyright - 2025 - Athletics Illustrated On Wednesday, June 11, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) sanctioned three more athletes. Two are Kenyans, and...

Russian doper Ekaterina Guliyev about to lose Olympic silver medal

Former Russian 800-metre runner Ekaterina Guliyev’s upgraded second-place result from the London 2012 Olympic Games has been disqualified after the Court of Arbitration for...

Twenty-three-year-old Ethiopian marathon runner suspended for 22 months

© Copyright - 2025 - Athletics Illustrated Twenty-three-year-old Ethiopian, Tadu Teshome Nare, has been suspended by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) for 22 months. She...

Two Indian athletes Sneha Kolleri and Varsha Tekam provisionally suspended

Two Indian athletes have received provisional suspensions related to doping. One, Sneha Kolleri, for testing positive for the anabolic steroid stanozolol. The other Varsha...

Kenyan Sheila Chelangat provisionally suspended for the presence of EPO

The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) has provisionally suspended Kenyan runner Sheila Chelangat after testing positive for the banned substance Erythropoietin (EPO). "The AIU has provisionally...