Anti-Doping

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

Second-fastest woman over 10km, Emmaculate Anyango Achol, suspended six years for doping

0
© Copyright - 2024 - Athletics Illustrated Athletics Illustrated previously reported that Kenyan runner Emmaculate Anyango Achol was provisionally suspended by the Athletics Integrity...

Drug cheat, Tatyana Tomashova’s, reallocated Olympic silver medal officially disqualified

0
Tatyana Tomashova’s upgraded result — from fourth to second place in the women’s 1500-metre final at the 2012 London Olympic Games — has now...

Ebsite Tilahun Asres of Ethiopia suspended for two years for doping violation

0
Twenty-four-year-old, Ebsite Tilahun Asres, of Ethiopia has been sanctioned by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) for an anti-doping rule violation. On 3 December 2023,...

Olympic silver medallist race walker Koki Ikeda of Japan provisionally suspended for suspected blood...

0
© Copyright - 2024 - Athletics Illustrated Olympic silver medallist race walker, Koki Ikeda, of Japan has been provisionally suspended for suspected blood doping....

Ethiopian, Tsehay Gemechu, suspended for anti-doping rule violation 

0
Ethiopian marathon runner, Tsehay Gemechu, has been suspended by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) for an anti-doping rule violation. The 25-year-old has a marathon personal...

Opinion: In competition drug testing may not work, is it a wasted effort?

0
© Copyright - 2024 - Athletics Illustrated Amby Burfoot wrote an opinion piece over at Marathon Handbook about how there have been no positive...

Anti-Doping Agency of Kenya, broke, unable to test its athletes

0
© Copyright - 2024 - Athletics Illustrated Is the Anti-Doping Agency of Kenya (ADAK) a doomed enterprise? The ADAK has been given notice to...

Opinion: Kenyan parliament and Athletics Kenya should focus on cleaning up sports and not...

0
© Copyright - 2024 - Athletics Illustrated The owner of the publication Let's Run asked the Chicago Marathon winner a timely and salient question...

Opinion: Ruth Chepngetich’s Chicago Marathon performance is a historic red-flag moment in the sport...

0
© Copyright - 2024 - Athletics Illustrated Ruth Chepngetich’s Sunday performance at the Chicago Marathon was paradigm-shifting. For anyone who knows anything about marathon...

Two more Kenyan athletes, Charles Langat and Rogers Gesabwa, banned for doping

0
© Copyright - 2024 - Athletics Illustrated Two more Kenyan athletes, Charles Langat and Rogers Gesabwa, have been banned for doping by the Athletics...