Kenyan Korir marathon runner banned five years; French heptathlete Lazraq-Khlass provisionally suspended
Kenyan distance runner Albert Korir was initially suspended for doping with CERA in January. At the time, the notice was subject to appeal. Korir...
Is it the right decision to have seven women race for Team USA in...
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Tanzanian Jackline Sakilu banned 10 years for doping with a cocktail of PEDs
During the 1983 movie Scarface, Michelle Pfeiffer's character Elvira Hancock poignantly delivers a play on words. She took the classic phrase, "Nothing succeeds like...
American sprinter Alia Armstrong was cleared to compete at World Indoor Championships despite positive...
The United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) accepted American sprinter Alia Armstrong's explanation for testing positive for the banned masking agent and diuretic spironolactone.
On...
World champion Josh Kerr to run Emsley Carr Mile in London
British mile record holder and newly crowned world indoor 3000m champion Josh Kerr will compete in the historic Emsley Carr Mile - a prestigious,...
Moldova’s Serghei Marghiev provisionally suspended for testing positive for anabolic steroids
The Russians have an aphorism, "Only the grave will cure a hunchback." The same may be said about its athlete's reliance on performance-enhancing drugs.In...
Kenyan Nancy Jelagat Meto suspended two years for testing positive for banned performance-enhancing substance
On June 12, 2024, Nancy Jelagat Meto tested positive for the banned performance-enhancing substance furosemide in an out-of-competition test in Kenya. She was 38...
Adaejah Hodge’s doping ban brought to light after NCAA Championships win
University of Georgia sprinter Adaejah Hodge received a two-year doping ban. The standard four-year was reduced as she cooperated with authorities.
The teenager tested...
Several outlier performances at Barcelona Marathon including women’s second fastest all-time in her debut
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The Barcelona Marathon took place on Sunday in the 2,000-year-old City of Counts, known in Spanish as...
When stars like Jacob Kiplimo and Beatrice Chebet force an uncomfortable question about trust...
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Uganda’s Jacob Kiplimo and Kenya’s Beatrice Chebet have something in common. In their respective events, they are the...
