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Olympic Committee prez visits Salt Lake City hoping to ease anti-doping worries before Winter Games
September 29, 2024 | 1:44pmThomas Bach on Saturday downplayed the gravity of a termination clause the IOC inserted into Salt Lake City’s host contract in July that threatens to pull the 2034 Games.
No. 1 ranked tennis star could face lengthy ban as WADA appeals doping case
September 28, 2024 | 10:39amJannik Sinner isn't in the clear just yet.
British star furious Chinese swimmers named in doping scandal competed in Olympics
August 4, 2024 | 8:05pmChinese swimmers are at the center of a sizeable Olympic controversy.
The Olympics already has a doping scandal
June 19, 2024 | 10:56am“It’s extremely frustrating for athletes to always have in the back of our mind that maybe this sport’s not fair."
China may lose Olympic gold medals after swimmers allegedly tested positive for banned drug before 2020 win
April 20, 2024 | 4:40pmAthletes who fail a drug test usually get some form of sanction under the sport’s rules, which state athletes are responsible for any banned substance found in their body.
Kamila Valieva to take to Olympic ice once more amid doping scandal
February 17, 2022 | 3:54amKamila Valieva aims for the top step of a podium she may never see when the Russian figure skating star concludes her competition with the women’s free skate at the...
Russian teen's suspicious drug cocktail shows 'something more serious going on' before Olympics
February 16, 2022 | 5:21amKamila Valieva listed two legal substances used to improve heart function on an anti-doping control form she filled out before her drug case at the Olympics erupted.
Doping hearing for Russian skater Kamila Valieva set
February 12, 2022 | 10:49amThe 15-year-old Russian figure-skating sensation facing a doping charge will have her fate decided at an expedited hearing Sunday.
WADA fires back at AOC over Sha'Carri Richardson dope ban
July 11, 2021 | 4:10pmThe World Anti-Doping Agency fired back at Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for denouncing the Olympic doping suspension of US sprinter Sha'Carri Richardson as "racist."
Excessive mercy for cheatin' Putin
December 17, 2020 | 7:09pmLast year, the World Anti-Doping Agency justly punished Russia for cheating by banning it from international sports for four years. But Moscow appealed, and Thursday the Court of Arbitration for...
American sprinting champ suspended for missed doping tests
June 17, 2020 | 10:28amDÜSSELDORF, Germany — The fastest man in the world has been sidelined for a string of missed doping tests. Christian Coleman, an American sprinter who won the 100-meter title at...
Documentary gives sobering look into Russian PED scandal
April 13, 2020 | 1:16amDuring the coronavirus shutdown, each day we will bring you a recommendation from The Post’s Peter Botte for a sports movie, TV show or book that perhaps was before your...
Russia will appeal its Olympic ban over doping data
December 27, 2019 | 9:00amMOSCOW — Russia has confirmed that it will appeal its four-year Olympic ban for manipulating doping data. The Russian anti-doping agency, known as RUSADA, sent a formal letter Friday disagreeing...
Russia banned from Olympics over doping scandals
December 9, 2019 | 5:56amRussia will be barred from competing in next year’s Tokyo Olympics and the 2022 Beijing Winter Games after the World Anti-Doping Agency on Monday banned the powerhouse from global sports...
Russia may have doctored athlete's drug data again, threatening Olympic bid
September 21, 2019 | 12:35pmRussia's anti-doping agency may get another suspension ahead of the Tokyo Olympics, after a report found it messed with testing data it handed over to the World Anti-Doping Agency. Russia...
Russia pledges to work with doping agency after missing crucial deadline
January 9, 2019 | 2:15pmMOSCOW — The Kremlin says there is “understanding” on how crucial data on drug use by Russian athletes will be handed over to the World Anti-Doping Agency, whose representatives arrived...
Russia has earned a 2018 Olympic ban
November 23, 2017 | 6:37pmRussia just lost out to the United States in the Olympic medal standings . . . for the 2014 Winter Games. The action, nearly four years after the fact, is just the...
Russian sports agent files $5M defamation suit in doping probe
June 29, 2017 | 4:09pmAndrey Baranov, the Russian sports agent accused of paying bribes to get doped-up runners into major US races, has filed a $5 million defamation case against the World Anti-Doping Agency...
More than 1,000 Russians ensnared in doping conspiracy
December 9, 2016 | 6:35amLONDON — A new report into systematic Russian doping has found that more than 1,000 Russian athletes from summer and winter sports were involved in or benefited from an organized...
Usain Bolt's Halloween: Women, twerking and drug test
November 1, 2016 | 11:28amUsain Bolt's Halloween included plenty of twerking and friendly females. The superstar Olympic sprinter documented his haunting holiday on Snapchat as he and a slew of sexy women partied Monday...