Anti-Doping

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

Judy Kemboi admits guilt, receives two-year suspension, could be back racing in 2027

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© Copyright - 2025 - Athletics Illustrated On August 6, it was reported that Kenyan athlete Judy Kemboi had tested positive for the banned...

Suspended: Judy Jelagat Kemboi of Kenya tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs

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© Copyright - 2025 - Athletics Illustrated Judy Jelagat Kemboi tested positive for Hydrochlorothiazide; she is now provisionally suspended, according to the Athletics Integrity...

Jemila Wortesa of Ethiopia and Madhuri Kale of India suspended for EPO use

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Jemila Wortesa of Ethiopia has been provisionally suspended by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) for testing positive for the red blood cell booster, erythropoietin...

Eilish McColgan calls out agents and coaches when athletes test positive

© Copyright - 2025 - Athletics Illustrated Eilish McColgan called out agents and coaches for when athletes test positive for performance-enhancing drugs. Case in...

Two Kenyans and one Eritrean test positive for performance-enhancing drugs

© Copyright - 2025 - Athletics Illustrated On July 23, it was announced by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) that three more northeastern Africans...

Two more Kenyans have been caught doping, one banned for six years, the other...

© Copyright - 2025 - Athletics Illustrated It's just another manic Monday (Ooh-oh)Wish it were Sunday (Ooh-oh)'Cause that's my fun day (Ooh-oh)My, I-don't-have-to-run day...

Phanuel Koech, at just 18, defeats world champion at London Diamond League meet; this...

© Copyright - 2025 - Athletics Illustrated Phanuel Kipkosgei Koech is an 18-year-old Kenyan middle-distance runner who defeated world champion Josh Kerr during the...

Opinion: Is Frederico Rosa of Rosa Associati complicit with his athletes who dope? Should...

© Copyright - 2025 - Athletics Illustrated During the 13th century, the French developed a proverb,  "Aucun feu n'est sans fumée, ni fumée sans feu."...

Kenyan Felix Kirui suspended for two years for testing positive for corticosteroid

© Copyright - 2025 - Athletics Illustrated Felix Kirui, a Kenyan distance runner, has been suspended by the Athletics Integrity Unit for two years....

Former world U20 400 metre champion, Imaobong Nse Uko, serving two-year ban, blames system,...

© Copyright - 2025 - Athletics Illustrated “You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.” — Abraham Lincoln. Former world U20 400...