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☆ Alysia Montaño is set to be upgraded to a bronze medal after her rivals doped. That still feels like a ‘stab in the gut’
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-30 | by ( George Ramsay | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Receiving a first Olympic medal is supposed to be a momentous and exhilarating occasion for every athlete but not Alysia Montaño. “A stab in the gut, in the heart, really,” is how she describes her supposed moment of triumph. In the days after learning that she could be awarded a bronze medal, Montaño says that her emotions oscillated from joy to sadness to something akin to grief. Savinova celebrates her winning gold at the London Olympics, a title of which she was later stripped. Montaño being awarded her bronze medal from the 2013 world championships in 2019.

Persons: vacantly, “, ” Montaño, – Mariya Savinova, Ekaterina Guliyev, Ekaterina Poistogova, Pamela Jelimo, Montaño, Stu Forster, Savinova, Guliyev, Olivier Morin, huff, –, Adam Nelson, Mustafa Abumunes, ”, wouldn’t Organizations: CNN, Doping Agency, London Olympics, Getty, Athletics Integrity Unit, Turkish Athletic Federation, London, Doha, Clif, ” CNN, International Olympic Committee, US Olympic, Paralympic, New York Times, Nike Locations: Cleveland, American, London, Russia’s, Turkey, AFP, Qatar, Los Angeles, Burger, Paris

☆ WADA to launch independent review into its handling of doping case involving Chinese swimming
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-26 | by ( George Ramsay | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has commissioned an independent review into its handling of a doping case involving 23 Chinese swimmers after the organization said that it had been the subject of “damaging and baseless allegations.”The development comes after WADA was criticized by members of the anti-doping community, sparking a dispute which looks set to overshadow events in the pool at this year’s Olympics in Paris. “We have no evidence of any sort of skullduggery or planting of trimetazidine,” Wenzel told reporters on Monday. “In the past few days, WADA has been unfairly accused of bias in favor of China by not appealing the CHINADA [China Anti-Doping Agency] case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport,” added Bańka. Trimetazidine has the potential to boost endurance and has been banned by WADA since 2014. WADA said that Swiss prosecutor Eric Cottier, attorney general of Vaud in Switzerland for 17 years until his retirement in 2022, will lead the review into the handling of the case.

Persons: WADA, –, ”, Witold Bańka, “, Ross Wenzel, trimetazidine, ” Wenzel, Bańka, ” Bańka, Trimetazidine, CHINADA, Eric Cottier, USADA, WADA’s, ” WADA, Cottier Organizations: CNN, Doping Agency, New York Times, ARD, Tokyo Olympics, Sport, Xinhua Locations: Paris, China, trimetazidine, Swiss, Vaud, Switzerland

☆ WADA Appoints Special Prosecutor in Chinese Doping Case
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-25 | by ( Michael S. Schmidt | Tariq Panja | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The World Anti-Doping Agency on Thursday appointed a special prosecutor to review how 23 Chinese swimmers who tested positive for a banned drug were allowed to avoid public scrutiny and compete at the 2021 Olympics, where they won gold medals and set records. The decision to appoint the special prosecutor, Eric Cottier of Switzerland, came amid an outcry from top government officials, antidoping experts and authorities, and athletes over the way Chinese antidoping officials and the global regulator, known as WADA, handled the positives. “WADA’s integrity and reputation is under attack,” the WADA president, Witold Banka, said in a statement. “In the past few days, WADA has been unfairly accused of bias in favor of China by not appealing the Chinada case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport. We continue to reject the false accusations and we are pleased to be able to put these questions into the hands of an experienced, respected and independent prosecutor.”

Persons: Eric Cottier of, WADA, Witold Banka, “, ” Organizations: Doping Agency, New York Times, Sport Locations: Eric Cottier of Switzerland, China

☆ Chinese swimmers head to Paris Olympics under a cloud amid row over handling of drugs tests
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-23 | by ( George Ramsay | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —A dispute over the handling of a 2021 case in which 23 Chinese swimmers tested positive for a banned performance-enhancing substance ahead of the Tokyo Olympics now threatens to overshadow swimming events at the Paris Games this summer. Sun is now free to return to competitions next month, but revelations about the 2021 case have cast Chinese swimmers and WADA in a harsh spotlight. Trimetazidine has the potential to boost endurance and has been banned by WADA since 2014. China’s national swimming championships, which serve as selection trials for the upcoming Olympics, are currently underway in Shenzhen, concluding on April 27. At the Tokyo Olympics, China won six medals in swimming, including three golds.

Persons: –, “, ” Mack Horton, Horton, Sun Yang, Sun, WADA, Adam Peaty, ”, Sarah Hirshland, Witold Banka, …, Trimetazidine, CHINADA, Ross Wenzel, trimetazidine, ” Wenzel, Denis Cotterell, Cotterell wasn’t Organizations: CNN, Tokyo, Paris Games, New York Times, ARD, Doping Agency, Olympic, “, Sydney Morning Herald, WADA, Canadian Olympic Committee, Paralympic, ”, CHINADA, Xinhua, Paris Olympics, Chinese Swimming Association, China Locations: Tokyo, China, Australian, South Korea, ”, trimetazidine, Shenzhen

☆ Top Biden Official Calls for Inquiry Into Chinese Doping Case
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-22 | by ( Michael S. Schmidt | Tariq Panja | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The Biden administration’s top drug official called on Monday for an independent investigation into how Chinese and global antidoping authorities decided to clear 23 elite Chinese swimmers who tested positive for a banned drug months before the Summer Olympics in 2021. The official, Rahul Gupta, who is the director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, said that he planned to bring up the handling of the positive tests during a two-day meeting of sports ministers in Washington. Top members of the World Anti-Doping Agency are scheduled to attend the event, which starts Thursday. “The United States stands by its commitment to ensure that every American athlete and those across the globe are provided a level playing field and a fair shot in international athletic competitions,” Dr. Gupta said in response to questions from The New York Times. “There must be rigorous, independent investigations to look into any incident of potential wrongdoing.”

Persons: Rahul Gupta, “, ” Dr, Gupta Organizations: Biden, of National Drug Control, Doping Agency, The New York Times Locations: Washington, United States

☆ World Anti-Doping Agency defends handling of elite Chinese swimmers who tested positive for banned drug
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-21 | by ( Simone Mccarthy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Hong Kong CNN —Global sport’s anti-doping watchdog has slammed as “outrageous” and “completely false” allegations that it mishandled a 2021 case in which more than 20 elite Chinese swimmers tested positive for a banned performance-enhancing drug. The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) made the comments after US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) chief Travis Tygart accused the agency and Chinese officials of having “swept these positives under carpet” and failing to follow the rules around drugs in sport. The China Anti-Doping Agency (CHINADA) said recent media reports about the cases were “misleading,” according to Chinese state agency Xinhua, citing a statement Saturday. In its statement Saturday, WADA said it was notified in June 2021 of CHINADA’s ruling on the swimmers who had tested positive earlier that year. “These are egregious failures even if you buy their story that this was contamination and a potent drug ‘magically appeared’ in a kitchen and led to 23 positive tests of elite Chinese swimmers,” Tygart said, referencing details included in The New York Times’ article citing a report from Chinese investigators.

Persons: “, WADA, Travis Tygart, CHINADA, Kamila Valieva, “ WADA, ” Tygart Organizations: Hong Kong CNN — Global, Doping Agency, New York Times, Tokyo Olympics, ARD, Tokyo Games, CNN, Chinese Olympic, Testing Agency, Xinhua, trimetazidine, “, TMZ, The New York Times Locations: Hong Kong, China, USADA, Xinhua, Russian

Whenever a suspicion of doping arises in an Olympics, attention can shift quickly from the athletes who won gold, silver and bronze medals to the ones who missed out. On Saturday, The New York Times published an investigation into an unreported case in which 23 top Chinese swimmers tested positive for a powerful banned drug in 2021, only months before the Tokyo Olympics. The swimmers — who made up about half of the Chinese swimming team at those Games — were cleared by China’s antidoping authorities and the World Anti-Doping Agency and allowed to compete. The episode has not only alarmed experts in the antidoping community, but also raised other questions about athletes who tested positive, and what comes next: Which athletes? For now, the answer — both for the Chinese athletes and the dozens of swimmers who finished behind them, on and off the medals stand — is that nothing has changed.

Persons: —, China’s Organizations: The New York Times, Tokyo Olympics, Games, Doping Agency Locations: Tokyo

The revelation that 23 Chinese swimmers tested positive for a banned drug seven months before the Tokyo Olympics but were secretly cleared and allowed to continue competing has exposed a bitter and at times deeply personal rift inside the sport, and brought new criticism of the global authority that oversees drug-testing. An American Olympian who took home a silver medal from Tokyo said she felt her team had been “cheated” in a race won by China. A British gold medalist called for a lifetime ban for the swimmers involved. The sports minister in Germany, where a documentary on the case was broadcast Sunday, demanded an investigation. And a simmering feud between officials at the World Anti-Doping Agency, the global regulator known as WADA, and their U.S. counterparts burst into the open in a flurry of caustic statements and legal threats.

Persons: “, ”, WADA Organizations: New York Times, Tokyo Games, China, Doping Agency Locations: Tokyo, China, American, British, Germany

☆ Top Chinese Swimmers Tested Positive for Banned Drug, Then Won Olympic Gold
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-20 | by ( Michael S. Schmidt | Tariq Panja | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Twenty-three top Chinese swimmers tested positive for the same powerful banned substance seven months before the Tokyo Olympic Games in 2021 but were allowed to escape public scrutiny and continue to compete after top Chinese officials secretly cleared them of doping and the global authority charged with policing drugs in sports chose not to intervene. Several of the athletes who tested positive — including nearly half of the swimming team that China sent to the Tokyo Games — went on to win medals, including three golds. Many still compete for China and several, including the two-time gold medalist Zhang Yufei, are expected to contend for medals again at this year’s Summer Games in Paris. China acknowledged the positive tests in a report by its antidoping regulator, saying the swimmers had ingested the banned substance unwittingly and in tiny amounts, and that no action against them was warranted. But an examination by The New York Times found that the previously unreported episode sharply divided the antidoping world, where China’s record has long been a flashpoint.

Persons: Tokyo Games —, Zhang Yufei Organizations: Tokyo Olympic Games, Tokyo Games, New York Times, Aquatics, Doping Agency Locations: China, Paris

☆ Takeaways From Our Chinese Swimming Investigation
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-20 | by ( Tariq Panja | Michael S. Schmidt | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

In the first days of 2021, seven months before the pandemic-delayed Tokyo Olympics, 23 of China’s best swimmers tested positive for the same banned drug at a domestic meet. Chinese antidoping officials investigated and declared the case an unusual mass-contamination event that could be traced to the presence of a heart medication, trimetazidine, known as TMZ, in the kitchen of a hotel where the swimmers had stayed for a New Year’s event in late December 2020 and early January 2021. The World Anti-Doping Agency, the global authority that oversees national drug-testing programs, looked into the episode but then accepted that theory and allowed China to keep the results secret.

Organizations: TMZ, Doping Agency Locations: Tokyo, China

☆ Tara Davis-Woodhall: ‘My entire memo is have fun,’ says the ‘free-spirited’ US long jump star
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-09 | by ( George Ramsay | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

It’s hard not to be swept up in Davis-Woodhall’s approach to the long jump, especially when she finds reason to laugh even in the heat of fierce competition. “My entire memo is have fun,” she tells CNN Sport. Long jump is one track and field discipline which governing body World Athletics seems interested in developing, such as by introducing a take-off zone in the place of a fixed board. “I think it might be a little silly,” she says, “just because you kind of take away from the principle of long jump. That’s even more true for an athlete like Davis-Woodhall, currently jumping further and with more confidence than ever before.

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☆ Enhanced Games Are Olympics With Steroids, Pay; Meet the Founder
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-31 | by ( Lloyd Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +14 min

Several countries pay bonuses to medal winners, and high-profile athletes may get brand deals and sponsorships, but many Olympic athletes live quiet lives. AdvertisementD'Souza suggested he received funding for the Enhanced Games in the "single-digit millions" but declined to specify the amount. So far, it's unclear what kind of talent Enhanced Games will attract. He said that at the Enhanced Games, athletes would get comprehensive health checkups to monitor the effects of "whatever enhancement protocols" they're on and ensure they're fit to compete. D'Souza said he planned to announce more details about the Enhanced Games this summer — right around the Paris Olympics.

Persons: Aron D'Souza, gymgoers, D'Souza, Thomas Bach, Bach, Uber, Christian, Christian Angermayer, Balaji Srinivasan, Coinbase's, Peter Thiel, Angermayer, Srinivasan, Thiel, Hulk, Charles Harder, Harder, didn't, Sargon, Peter, VCs, Thiel hasn't, he's, James Magnussen, James, he'd, Marta Nawrocka, BI's Gabby Landsverk, Jim Walden, Grigory Rodchenkov, it's, who'd Organizations: International, Olympic, IOC, West Germany's Olympic, The New York Times, Business, Apeiron Investment, University of Melbourne, Gawker Media, BuzzFeed, Gawker, Abrams, Australian Financial, US, Doping Agency, UFC, Drug Free, NFL, NBA, MLB, Testing Agency, ITA, CNN, FBI, Sports, Gaming Initiative, Paris Locations: Miami, Lausanne, Switzerland, Oxford, Australian, Russia

☆ IOC blasts Russia’s Friendship Games for what it says is a violation of the Olympic Charter and its politicization of sport
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-19 | by ( George Ramsay | Jill Martin | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has criticized Russia’s so-called Friendship Games as being “purely politically motivated” and a violation of the Olympic Charter. According to Russian state news agency TASS, 5,500 people are expected to participate at the Friendship Games, competing for a total prize purse of 4.6 billion rubles (around $50 million). Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the event ensures “free access of Russian athletes and sports organizations to international sports activities,” TASS reported. The Friendship Games were first staged in 1984 in the Soviet Union, the same year that the country had boycotted the Los Angeles Olympics that year. CNN has contacted the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) in response to the IOC’s Tuesday press release.

Persons: Russia’s, John Coates, Vladimir Putin, “, ”, WADA Organizations: CNN, Olympic Committee, Olympic Charter, Paris, IOC, Friendship Games, ” TASS, Friendship, Cortina d’Ampezzo, Games, Los Angeles Olympics, Olympic, Russian Olympic Committee, Doping Agency Locations: Moscow, Russian, Russia, Sochi, Milan, Soviet Union, Ukraine, Belarusian

☆ Lance Armstrong says that he experience PTSD and had intensive therapy – ‘all alone, one-on-one, 10 hours a day’
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-16 | by ( George Ramsay | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Lance Armstrong experienced post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and used an intensive therapy approach in the years after he admitted taking performance-enhancing drugs, the former professional cyclist told “The Great Unlearn” podcast. “I went from hero to zero overnight,” the 52-year-old said on an episode of “The Great Unlearn” podcast released on Tuesday. “There was a mile-long list of lawsuits,” Armstrong told “The Great Unlearn” podcast. On “The Great Unlearn,” Armstrong said that he engaged in “couch therapy” in the years after his Oprah interview before deciding that he needed “something different and deeper” to cope with his PTSD. In an interview with CNN in 2014, Armstrong explained that he wasn’t considering therapy, saying: “My therapy is riding my bike, playing golf and having a beer.

Persons: Lance Armstrong, “, Armstrong, Oprah Winfrey, ”, Oprah, ” Armstrong, it’s, It’s Organizations: CNN, de France, Doping Agency, US Postal Service, American Psychological Association, Tour de France Locations: Texas, Tennessee

☆ 'Olympics on steroids' CEO says they'll have stewards on call in case of overdosing athletes
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-12 | by ( Joshua Zitser | Rachel Hosie | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewThe CEO of the Enhanced Games — dubbed the "Olympics on steroids" — said there will be on-site stewards prepared to deal with any drug overdoses at the sporting event. "It's a risk-management framework," said Aron D'Souza, who founded the Peter Thiel-backed sporting event, in a conversation with Business Insider. The controversial sporting event, which organizers say could be held for the first time next year, is pushing the boundaries of what is acceptable in athletics. "The Enhanced Games promote themselves as the 'Olympics of the future' and state that they will 'pay athletes fairly,'" she told BI. But Backhouse said she is most concerned about the message the Enhanced Games sends to the next generation of athletes.

Persons: —, Aron D'Souza, Peter Thiel, that's, D'Souza, Sue Backhouse, Backhouse, D'Souza's Organizations: Service, Business, Doping Agency, Reuters, NFL, Carnegie School of Sport, Leeds Beckett University

☆ Simona Halep: Two-time grand slam champion cleared for tennis return as four-year doping ban reduced
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-05 | by ( John Sinnott | Thomas Schlachter | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

1 Simona Halep has been cleared to return to the sport after having a backdated four-year ban reduced to nine months, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) announced Tuesday. The two-time grand slam winner was handed the ban in September 2023 after being found guilty of anti-doping rule violations by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) Independent Tribunal. Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty ImagesHalep tested positive for banned substance Roxadustat at the at the 2022 US Open. Before the CAS ruling on Tuesday, the ITIA had said that Halep’s suspension would run from October 7, 2022, until October 6, 2026. “We await the full reasoned decision and will review it thoroughly in due course.”CNN’s George Ramsay and Jill Martin contributed to this report.

Persons: Simona Halep, ” Halep, ”, Fabrice Coffrini, Halep, Karen Moorhouse, “, ” CNN’s George Ramsay, Jill Martin Organizations: CNN, Former, Sport, International Tennis Federation, ITF Independent, Getty, Doping Agency, United, United States Anti, Tennis Integrity Agency Locations: Lausanne, Switzerland, AFP, United States

☆ CEO of 'Olympics on steroids' says the Games will see 50-year-olds breaking world records, but 1 heart attack could 'destroy the whole thing'
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-01 | by ( Joshua Zitser | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewThe CEO of the Enhanced Games said the competitive sporting event, dubbed the "Olympics on steroids" by some, will witness older athletes shattering world records. But Aron D'Souza cautioned in an interview with Business Insider that one meth-induced heart attack could "destroy the whole thing." D'Souza said record-breaking sporting feats would make the Enhanced Games "the dominant sporting event in the world." D'Souza also said that the Enhanced Games would try to push back against rule-breaking with financial incentives, like base salaries and health insurance. In a response to Coe's comments, the Enhanced Games said in a statement provided to BI that it showed that it had "hit a nerve."

Persons: —, Aron D'Souza, D'Souza, Peter Thiel, It's, they're, Lord Sebastian Coe, Lord Coe Organizations: Service, Business, Doping Agency, Reuters Locations: Australian

☆ Simona Halep: Serving lengthy doping ban, tennis star sues health supplement company for damages in excess of $10 million
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-17 | by ( Ben Morse | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —As she serves a four-year doping ban, Romanian tennis star Simona Halep is now pursuing legal action against a Canadian health supplements company for damages in excess of $10 million. According to the complaint, Halep used Schinoussa supplements during the 2022 US Open tournament in New York. The International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) has said Halep’s suspension is backdated and will run from October 7, 2022, until October 6, 2026. Halep said in a statement after her suspension that she had adjusted her nutritional supplements ahead of the hard-court season in 2022. “I was tested almost weekly after my initial positive test through early 2023, all of which came back negative,” Halep said.

Persons: Simona Halep, Halep, “, ”, Laurent Gillieron, John Koveos, ” Koveos, Koveos, they’re, Halep “, ” Halep Organizations: CNN, Quantum Nutrition, Doping Agency, United, United States Anti, Nutrition, Women’s Tennis Association, Tennis Integrity Agency, Globe, CFL, NHL Locations: Romanian, New York, United States, Globe

☆ REDs: These young athletes were bound for stardom until a mysterious condition derailed their running careers
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-15 | by ( Issy Ronald | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +14 min

CNN —They were two exceptionally promising athletes, seemingly bound for track and field stardom, when their careers were derailed by a condition that doctors and researchers say they are only now beginning to understand. ‘Instituional buy-in’REDs’ symptoms can affect anyone, particularly athletes training in a culture that celebrates overtraining and undereating – or that has an unhealthy relationship with weight. Eventually, her blog morphed into Project RED-S – a site filled with resources for athletes, coaches and supporters. Access to “dietician input … and appropriate psychological support if it’s needed,” can also help prevent and treat REDs, Dr. Jawad says. Woolven’s Project RED-S aims to provide that support she lacked and initiatives like this allow Cain to envision a future that “looks really bright.”“I’m hopeful,” Cain says.

Persons: CNN —, Mary Cain, Pippa Woolven, Martin Rickett, ” Dr, Farrah Jawad, wouldn’t, Dr, Kathryn Ackerman, Cain, Woolven, you’re, ”, “, Eric Draper, marathoner Alberto Salazar, “ It’s, you’re undereating, Salazar, Women’s, ” Salazar, Jessica Rinaldi, ” Cain’s, Dave Thompson, ” accidently, ‘ Instituional, Ackerman, ‘, Nobody, Jawad, Matt Dunham, “ it’s, ” Cain Organizations: CNN, Championships, Florida State University, REDs, British Universities, Colleges Sports, Pure Sports, CNN Sport, IOC, Harvard Medical School, Sports Medicine Division, Boston Children’s Hospital, Nike Oregon Project, Reuters, The New York Times, Nike, Oregonian, Oregon Project, Sports, Doping Agency, New York Times, Florida State, ’ REDs, Health, New, National Trust, Atalanta NYC Locations: London, British, Tallahassee, “, America, ”

☆ Swimmer says he'll compete in Peter Thiel-backed Olympics for doped-up athletes and will 'juice to the gills' for $1 million prize
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-09 | by ( Joshua Zitser | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A retired swimmer has accepted an offer to compete in the Enhanced Games. He agreed to "juice to the gills" for a $1 million prize for beating a swimming record. The Enhanced Games, with the backing of Peter Thiel, wouldn't be subject to anti-doping rules. AdvertisementMagnussen said: "If they put up a $1 million for the 50-freestyle world record, I'll come on board as their first athlete." SEN EXCLUSIVE | @james_maggie91 agrees to compete in the @enhanced_games after founder agrees to a $1 million prize if he breaks a world record.

Persons: Peter Thiel, wouldn't, —, James Magnussen, Magnussen, he's, César, Aron D'Souza, it's, D'Souza, Sydney's SEN, SEN, @james_maggie91, Brandy SEN 1170AM, James Organizations: Service, Doping Agency Locations: Brandy SEN 1170AM Sydney

PARIS (AP) — A strawberry dessert contaminated by her grandfather’s heart medication might have caused Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva’s positive doping test, her lawyers argued at sport’s highest court, which rejected the explanation and banned her for four years. The word “strawberry” features 43 times in the document that details why the judges rejected the argument. Athletes who test positive for doping can escape a ban if they later prove they were not at fault for ingesting a substance. It was suggested in court that Valieva’s grandfather prepared the strawberry dessert in the days before the national championships for her to take with her to St. Petersburg. The Russian team was stripped of its Olympic title by the International Skating Union, which declared the United States champions.

Persons: Kamila, “, Valieva, ___ Organizations: PARIS, Sport, TMZ, Doping Agency, Russian, International Skating Union, United Locations: Russian, sport’s, Beijing, Stockholm, Sweden, Moscow, Lausanne, Switzerland, St . Petersburg, Japan

☆ Grigory Rodchenkov: ‘The Russian flag and anthems have become symbols of murder and rape,’ says doping whistleblower
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-07 | by ( Molly Stazicker | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

CNN —Much like Mark Twain, Russian doping whistleblower Dr. Grigory Rodchenkov says that reports of his death have been greatly exaggerated. “There is no question that – if the IOC wants to have any credibility – it would ban them [Russian athletes] for 10 years, no less,” Rodchenkov said. Michel Euler/AP/FILEInternational sporting federations have the first say on whether Russian and Belarusian athletes can even attempt to qualify for the Olympics. “The only way to bring it to an end is to prosecute the organizers under the Rodchenkov Anti-Doping Act. Lira is the first person to be charged and convicted under the Rodchenkov Anti-Doping Act.

Persons: Mark Twain, Grigory Rodchenkov, Rodchenkov, –, Grigory Rodchenkov ”, Jim Walden, Oscar, Russia’s, Rodchenkov’s, ” Rodchenkov, That’s, ” Grigory Rodchenkov, Vladimir Putin, ”, Dmitry Peskov, Michel Euler, it’s, doesn’t, Walden, “, didn’t, ‘, “ It’s, haven’t, Matthieu Reeb, WADA, Eric Lira, Lira, who’s, Dewayne Barrett, Wright –, Barrett’s, Wright didn’t Organizations: CNN, CNN Sport, Netflix, International Olympic Committee, IOC, Paris, Russian Olympic, Olympic, Athletics, BBC, Weightlifting, Doping Agency, Tokyo Games, Liberian, Tokyo Olympics Locations: Sochi, Russia, Russian, Paris, Ukraine, Belarus, Soviet, Ukrainian, Bucha, Belarusian, ’, Texas, Walden, Nigeria, Switzerland, United Kingdom

GENEVA (AP) — Despite the disqualification of Kamila Valieva in a doping case, the Russian figure skating team still stands to finish on the podium and get bronze medals from the 2022 Beijing Olympics behind the United States and Japan. The Americans moved into the gold medal position in the team event and Japan has been upgraded to silver from bronze. The demoted Russians drop into third place, one point ahead of Canada even after being stripped of the points the then-15-year-old Valieva earned on the ice. “Skate Canada strongly disagrees with the ISU’s position on this matter and will consider all options to appeal this decision,” the country’s figure skating body said in a statement Tuesday. The Olympic leadership is currently in South Korea for the Youth Winter Games and could address the skating medal issue there.

Persons: Kamila, Valieva, “, Madeline Schizas, Kaori Sakamoto, Dmitry Peskov, Peskov, Anna Shcherbakova, James Ellingworth, ___ Organizations: GENEVA, Skating Union, ISU, Sport, Russian Olympic, “ Skate, International Olympic Committee, Skate Canada, Russian, Doping Agency, “, Olympic, IOC, Winter, AP Locations: Russian, United States, Japan, Canada, Beijing, Sochi, Lausanne, Switzerland, Stockholm, Sweden, Russia, China, Montreal, South Korea, Duesseldorf, Germany

The highest court in sports sanctioned Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva for doping violations at the 2022 Beijing Olympics. The ruling set the stage for U.S. skaters to receive gold medals after they finished second behind Valieva and her teammates in the team competition. A look at the case, and what happens next:ABOUT THE MEDALSPolitical Cartoons View All 253 ImagesThe International Olympic Committee controls Olympic medals. When Valieva's case first erupted, the IOC decided not to award medals from the event while the skaters were in Beijing. But what the Valieva case exposed was the fact that, even 10 years after Sochi, things are still not back to "normal” in Russia.

Persons: Kamila Valieva, Valieva, There's, they've, ”, Evan Bates, Madison Chock, — “, —, Thomas Bach, It's, would've, Dave Skretta, Graham Dunbar, ___ Organizations: Russia's, Sports, Olympic, IOC, Russian, Russian Olympic Committee, Doping Agency, AP Sports Locations: Russian, Beijing, Russia, Japan, Canada, Montreal, U.S, Ukraine, RUSSIA, ROC, Sochi, Kansas City, Geneva

☆ Kamila Valieva: Russian figure skater banned for four years by Court of Arbitration for Sport
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-29 | by ( George Ramsay | Ben Morse | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva has been found guilty of an anti-doping violation by Switzerland’s Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) and has received a four-year ban from competitions. In Beijing, Valieva’s Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) team had finished first ahead of the US and Japan – with Canada finishing fourth – and no medals were subsequently awarded due to the doping controversy. CNN Sport has contacted the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the ISU, the Japanese Olympic Committee, the Canadian Olympic Committee, and the Russian Olympic Committee for further comment. RUSADA had changed its initial stance and sought a punishment that “may include or be limited to a reprimand” for Valieva, CAS announced in February last year. Russian athletes were competing as neutral athletes at the Winter Olympics in Beijing due to a previous ban for doping non-compliance.

Persons: Kamila Valieva, Valieva, Catherine Ivill, Ms Valieva, Travis Tygart, Sarah Hirshland, RUSADA, ”, Alexander Kogan, WADA, “, ” CNN’s Jill Martin, Thomas Schlachter, Anna Chernova Organizations: CNN, Switzerland’s, Sport, Valieva, Russian Olympic Committee, Canada, International Skating Union, ISU, Winter Games, CNN Sport, International Olympic Committee, Japanese Olympic Committee, Canadian Olympic Committee, Doping Agency, Olympic, Paralympic, Team USA, ”, IOC, RIA Novosti, Skating, Swiss Federal Locations: Russian, Beijing, Japan, US

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