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☆ Olympic gold medalist pole vaulter Thiago Braz to miss Paris Games after doping ban
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-29 | by ( Alex Andrejev | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) banned Thiago Braz, a Brazilian pole vaulter who won gold at the 2016 Olympics, for 16 months for doping, the organization announced Tuesday. Braz is expected to miss the 2024 Paris Games. The 30-year-old set the men’s Olympic record in pole vault at 6.03 meters when he won gold at the 2016 games in his home country. The AIU said a majority of a panel reviewing the case determined Braz was not at significant fault or negligence. His positive test occurred in July at the Bauhaus Galen Diamond League meeting in Stockholm ahead of the world championships.

Persons: Thiago Braz, Braz, WADA, “, Braz —, —, Andrej Isakovic Organizations: Integrity Unit, Games, Doping Agency, Sport, Bauhaus Galen Diamond League, Getty Locations: Brazilian, Brazil, Stockholm, AFP

☆ Thiago Braz: Olympic gold medalist handed 16-month doping ban
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-29 | by ( George Ramsay | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Brazilian Olympic gold medalist pole vaulter Thiago Braz is set to miss the upcoming Games in Paris after he was handed a 16-month doping suspension. According to the AIU, Braz argued that he did not knowingly consume ostarine but ingested it through a supplement he had been given by a sports nutritionist to improve his health. Braz, a two-time Olympic medalist, had been hopeful of competing in Paris this year. “After two days of hearings in London, the athlete’s defense arguments prevailed, proving that Thiago Braz was actually a victim of supplement contamination (an unintentional violation with no significant fault),” said Braz’s lawyer Marcelo Franklin. Braz won Olympic gold in Rio after a tense battle against France’s Renaud Lavillenie, who was the pole vault world record holder at the time.

Persons: Thiago Braz, Braz, AIU, Paul Gilham, “, Brett Clothier, Mr Braz, ”, Marcelo Franklin, France’s Renaud Lavillenie Organizations: CNN, Integrity Unit, Sport, CNN Sport, Olympic, Games Locations: Paris, Switzerland, Brazil, London, Rio, Brazilian, Tokyo

☆ A doping free-for-all Enhanced Games calls itself the answer to doping in sports. Opponents say it poses a danger to health
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-30 | by ( Molly Stazicker | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +23 min

The Enhanced Games is the brainchild of businessman Aron D’Souza. Aron D'Souza is the founder of the Enhanced Games. But that isn’t the only potential legal jeopardy the Enhanced Games faces, according to American lawyer Jim Walden, who represents Russian whistleblower Grigory Rodchenkov. “If you look at the Enhanced Games website, it’s almost as though they’re advertising their disregard of the law,” Walden told CNN Sport. If it goes ahead as planned in December 2024, D’Souza insists that the Enhanced Games will unlock the potential of humanity.

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☆ Amusan advances to world 100m hurdles semi-finals amid controversy
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-22 | by ( Lori Ewing | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

BUDAPEST, Aug 22 (Reuters) - Reigning champion Tobi Amusan of Nigeria won her qualifying heat in the women's 100-metres hurdles on Tuesday to secure a spot in the semi-finals amid a cloud of controversy. The 26-year-old, who set the world record in the semi-finals of last year's world championships, had a provisional anti-doping suspension lifted on Thursday, but could still face an appeal that could potentially reinstate the ban. Amusan, whose world record is 12.12, was slow out of the blocks before cruising to a time of 12.48 seconds, third fastest on the night. "The team USA, we have the hardest team to make in the hurdles and that is what makes our event so exciting. Amusan's presence at the global showpiece was a surprise, with her suspension lifted just two days before the meet began.

Persons: Tobi Amusan, I'm, Amusan, Kendra Harrison, Harrison, Nia Ali, David Howman, Howman, Lori Ewing, Toby Davis Organizations: Nigeria, Integrity Unit, Sport, Thomson Locations: BUDAPEST, Budapest, United States

☆ Olympic medal-winning pole vaulter Braz provisionally suspended - AIU
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-28 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

July 28 (Reuters) - Rio Olympics pole vaulting gold medallist Thiago Braz has been provisionally suspended after he returned a positive test for doping, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) said on Friday. The Brazilian has been temporarily suspended for the presence/use of Ostarine Glucuronide/Ostarine, the AIU said. The 29-year-old will remain suspended from any competition or activity in athletics until a final decision at a hearing conducted under the World Athletics Anti-Doping Rules or the Integrity Code of Conduct will take place. Braz won gold at the 2016 Rio Olympics and bronze five years later at the delayed Tokyo Games. Reporting by Anita Kobylinska in Gdansk, editing by Pritha SarkarOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Thiago Braz, Braz, Anita Kobylinska, Pritha Sarkar Organizations: Athletics Integrity Unit, Tokyo Games, Thomson Locations: Rio, Gdansk

☆ Hurdles world record holder Amusan charged with 'whereabouts' violation
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-19 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

July 19 (Reuters) - Tobi Amusan, the 100m hurdles world record holder, said on Wednesday she has been charged with missing three doping tests but has denied taking performance enhancing substances and expects to be cleared to compete at the world championships. Under World Athletics Anti-Doping Rules, the applicable sanction for three 'whereabouts' failures is two years' ineligibility, subject to a reduction to a minimum of one year depending on an athlete's degree of fault. She became the first Nigerian world champion and world record holder in an athletics event with her 2022 victory in Eugene, Ore., where she set the world record of 12.12 seconds. Amusan was part of Nigeria's 4x100 relay squad that won gold at the 2022 Commonwealth Games but were then stripped of their medal after anchor runner Grace Nwokocha failed a doping test. The World Athletics Championships run from Aug. 19-27 in Budapest.

Persons: Amusan, Grace Nwokocha, Lori Ewing, Peter Rutherford Organizations: Athletics, Silesia Diamond League, Diamond League, Thomson Locations: Nigerian, Eugene ,, Budapest

☆ Kenya's 10k world record holder Kipruto provisionally suspended
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-17 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

May 17 (Reuters) - Kenyan athlete and 10-km road race world record holder Rhonex Kipruto has been provisionally suspended for an anti-doping violation, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) said on Wednesday. Kipruto, who also won a 10,000m bronze medal in the 2019 world championships, broke the 10-km road race world record in 2020. The AIU said on Twitter that Kipruto had been suspended "for the use of a Prohibited Substance/Method (ABP)". ABP refers to the Athlete Biological Passport, which shows discrepancies that can reveal the effects of doping. Reporting by Rohith Nair in Bengaluru; Editing by Christian RadnedgeOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Steeplechase world champion Jeruto provisionally suspended by AIU
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-07 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

April 7 (Reuters) - Steeplechase world champion Norah Jeruto has been provisionally suspended for an anti-doping violation, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) said on Friday. Jeruto, formerly a Kenyan who switched allegiance to Kazakhstan, won the 3,000 metres steeplechase gold at the 2022 world championships in Eugene where she also set a championship record, which was the third-fastest of all time. The AIU said on Twitter that Jeruto had been suspended "for the use of a Prohibited Substance/Method (ABP)". Jeruto missed the Tokyo Olympics as she sat out her change of allegiance period. Reporting by Rohith Nair in Bengaluru Editing by Toby DavisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Russian hammer thrower Litvinov admits to doping in 2012
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-13 | by ( Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

GENEVA, Jan 13 (Reuters) - Former Russian hammer thrower Sergei Litvinov has admitted using banned substances and benefiting from his country's cover-up system as athletics authorities handed him a two-year suspension and voided his past results. Russia's athletics federation was suspended in 2015 over a report commissioned by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) that found evidence of mass doping in the sport. Litvinov, the son of Soviet hammer thrower Sergei Litvinov, the 1988 Olympic champion, said his throws improved by nearly two metres after taking the substances. Litvinov said he handed over the details of his case to the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU), which oversees integrity issues in international athletics, including doping. The Russian athletics federation issued a statement on the suspension but did not address Litvinov's allegation that it had pressured him to use banned substances.

☆ Kenyans Kipyokei, Rionoripo handed long bans for doping, Lempus charged
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Fellow Kenyan Betty Wilson Lempus has been charged with the presence of triamcinolone acetonide. As of the end of November, 55 Kenyan athletes were banned and eight provisionally suspended, according to the AIU. Her ban has been backdated to June 27 this year, when the AIU provisionally suspended her, and her results have been disqualified back to and including Oct. 11, 2021. Furosemide was found in Rionoripo's urine in an out-of-competition test on May 30 in Kenya, the AIU said. Athletics Kenya, the ADAK, and Kenya's minister for sports Ababu Namwamba did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

☆ Kenya scrambles to stave off athletics ban after more doping cases
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-25 | by ( Tommy Wilkes | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

"We will not allow unethical individuals to ruin Kenya's reputation through doping," Kenya's minister for sports, Ababu Namwamba, said on Twitter on Friday. This week Kenya's government wrote to World Athletics to try and ward off a potential ban. A spokesperson for World Athletics confirmed to Reuters receipt of the letter. Fifty-five Kenyan athletes are currently banned and eight provisionally suspended, according to the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU), an independent body formed by World Athletics to combat doping in the sport. Kenya is a 'Category A' country under World Athletics' Anti-Doping Rules, which means its athletes must undergo at least three no-notice, out-of-competition urine and blood tests ahead of major events.

☆ Russia's Olympic gold medallist Antyukh has results from 2012 disqualified
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-24 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

Oct 24 (Reuters) - Banned Russian athlete and former Olympic 400 metres hurdles champion Natalia Antyukh has had her results from July 2012 to June 2013 disqualified, including her Olympic gold, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) said on Monday. Antyukh, 41, is already serving a ban until 2025 for breaking anti-doping rules. She won the gold at the London Olympics in August 2012, beating American Lashinda Demus. "Following AIU charges based on LIMS data, Russian athlete Natalia Antyukh has been banned for the use of a Prohibited Substance/Method. DQ results from 15 July 2012 until 29 June 2013," the AIU said in a statement.

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