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30Jan By source belowNo Comments
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Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva given four-year ban for doping

[ad_1] Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva has been handed a four-year ban for doping and she was stripped from her gold medal in the team event at the 2022 Beijing Winter Games nearly two years after the competition. “Kamila Valieva is found to have committed an anti-doping rule violation and sanctioned with a four-year period of ineligibility commencing on 25 December 2021,” the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) said in a statement. The verdict was immediately welcomed by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), which condemned Valieva’s doctors and coaches. “I think for WADA and for clean sport, it means that after following due process a fair result to all athletes has been rendered by the Court of Arbitration for Sport,” WADA director general Olivier Niggli told Reuters. “Even tho...
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23Sep By source belowNo Comments
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Indian winter sports legend Shiva Keshavan wearing WADA badge with honour at the Asian Games | Asian Games 2023 News – Times of India

[ad_1] HANGZHOU: A familiar figure outside the Athletes Village, wearing a cap with 'WADA' engraved on it, was looking for his ride.A volunteer assisting him smiled and said "you are a celebrity" as the camera focused on India's winter sports icon and luger Shiva Keshavan, who has 'bobsled' his way to join the team of World Anti Doping Agency (WADA) for this edition of the Asian Games in China, and possibly beyond."I got a call from WADA because I had had nominated myself as an athlete representative at the last Winter Olympics. I was noticed as somebody who wants to be out there and wants to work in this (sphere of anti-doping education). Therefore I got a call about a month back, asking me if I want to be part of this," said Keshavan.Asian Games: India's 'Mission 100' in Hangzhou set t...
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5Sep By source belowNo Comments
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Hima Das provisionally suspended by NADA for three whereabout failures in 12 months | More sports News – Times of India

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Star India sprinter Hima Das has been provisionally suspended by the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) for three whereabout failures in 12 months, according to sources.The 23-year-old Assam runner has not been named in the Hangzhou Asian Games team due to an injury she had sustained earlier this year."Yes, she has committed three whereabout failures in one year period and so she has been provisionally suspended by the NADA," an Indian team official told PTI on conditions of anonymity.Hima, who has already left the national camp, faces a maximum two-year ban, which can be reduced to a minimum of one year depending on the degree of her fault.Hima had won a 400m individual silver at the 2018 Jakarta Asian Games. She was also a part of the gold and silver winning women's 4...
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19Jul By source belowNo Comments
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WADA exposes NADA misdoings: Missed dope tests, faulty system, whereabouts failures

[ad_1] The World Anti-Doping Agency’s (WADA) four-year investigation into India’s anti-doping programme has exposed a slew of missed dope tests, faulty result management system and whereabouts failures, it was revealed in a report published on Tuesday. As a part of its operation, the WADA also monitored 13 ‘high-level’ Indian athletes ahead of the 2022 Commonwealth Games and one of them tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs. The in-depth investigation – titled ‘Operation Carousel’ – began in 2019, after an anonymous ‘allegation’ and tip-off on its ‘confidential information platform’ in 2017, and is still ongoing, the world body said. During this period, the anti-doping watchdog audited India’s anti-doping programme, interviewed National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) officials, moni...
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19Jun By source belowNo Comments
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WADA extends term limits for president and vice-president posts | More sports News – Times of India

[ad_1] The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) announced on Monday that its Foundation Board has approved a proposal to extend the initial term limit for the positions of president and vice president from three years to six years.In addition, a provision for a further and final term of three years has been introduced, subject to a full election process, for these top leadership roles within WADA."This was done in order to accommodate the initial cooling-off period and the formal election process for those positions," WADA said in a news release.The current three-year first term for the president and vice president often creates a situation where they have to begin campaigning for re-election around one to one and a half years into their terms. This can hinder their ability to fully focus on ...
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18May By source belowNo Comments
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Dope offender Dipa Karmakar’s return to training camp as per WADA rules, says gymnastics federation

[ad_1] The Gymnastics Federation of India (GFI) insists it has stuck to rules while naming Dipa Karmakar for a training camp, and that the athlete currently under suspension for a doping violation will return to international competition only after serving out her ban. GFI president Sudhir Mittal quoted Article 10.14.2 of WADA that states: “As an exception to Article 10.14.1, an Athlete may return to train with a team or to use the facilities of a club or other member organisation of federation (FIG’s) or other signatory’s member organisation during shorter of the (1) the last two months of Athlete’s period of Ineligibility, or (2) the last one-quarter of the period of Ineligibility imposed.” “For starters, we have named her as a core probable for the Asian Games in September, not the As...
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17May By source belowNo Comments
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Kenyan distance runner Rhonex Kipruto suspended for suspected doping

[ad_1] Kenyan distance runner Rhonex Kipruto, who won a bronze medal in the 10,000-meter race at the 2019 world championships, has been suspended for suspected doping, the Athletics Integrity Unit said Wednesday. Kipruto has been notified of a charge relating to irregularities in his athlete biological passport, the AIU said. The biological passport can detect possible irregularities in blood values assessed over time without an athlete testing positive for a banned substance. Kipruto was only 19 when he finished third in the 10,000 at the 2019 worlds in Doha, Qatar. The race was won by Joshua Cheptegei of Uganda. Months later, Kipruto set a record time for a 10-kilometer road race in Valencia, Spain, and went on to place ninth in the 10,000 at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021. !f...
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4Apr By source belowNo Comments
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Weightlifter Sanjita Chanu gets four-year ban for failing dope test | More sports News – Times of India

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: The National Anti Doping Agency (NADA) on Tuesday handed a four-year ban on Indian weightlifter Sanjita Chanu for failing a dope test last year.Two-time Commonwealth Games champion Sanjita had tested positive for an anabolic steroid -- Drostanolone Metabolite -- which features in the World Anti-doping Agency's (WADA) prohibited list, during the in-competition testing at the National Games in Gujarat in September-October last year.The Indian Weightlifting Federation (IWF) president Sahdev Yadav confirmed the development."Yes, she has been handed a four-year ban by NADA," he told PTI.This is a huge setback for Sanjita, who will be stripped of the National Games silver medal as a result of the positive test.Sanjita had won gold in 48kg ahead of Mirabai Chanu at the 2014 Co...
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