Drugs in sport

Reece Prescod becomes first Team GB athlete to forgive CJ Ujah publicly
The sprinter Reece Prescod has become the first British athlete to forgive CJ Ujah publicly for failing a drugs test and costing Team GB a 4x100m relay silver medal at last year’s Tokyo Olympics
Sean Ingle
19, May, 2022 @2:00 PM

Team GB lose 4x100m Olympic silver after Ujah doping confirmed
Britain’s 4x100m relay team has been stripped of its 2020 Olympic silver medal after CJ Ujah’s failed doping test at the Tokyo Games was confirmed
Sean Ingle
18, Feb, 2022 @4:04 PM

‘The difference is I’m black’: Richardson sees double standard over Valieva reprieve
US sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson has questioned why Kamila Valieva has been allowed to compete at the Olympics while she was banned for a similar offence
Guardian sport
14, Feb, 2022 @5:09 PM

Kamila Valieva: Cas clearance for skater sparks anger at Winter Olympics
The 15-year-old Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva is free to continue competing at the Beijing Winter Olympics
Sean Ingle in Beijing
14, Feb, 2022 @12:30 PM

Magnificent Therese Johaug deserved her chance | Letters
Just because the Austrian skier was suspended for a positive drugs test doesn’t mean we should belittle her comeback
13, Feb, 2022 @6:00 AM

ROC skater Kamila Valieva tested positive for banned substance, ITA confirms
The 15-year-old Russian skater Kamila Valieva tested positive for the banned heart medication trimetazidine in a sample that was collected on Christmas Day
Sean Ingle in Beijing
11, Feb, 2022 @3:26 PM

Readers reply: how would sport be different if everyone was allowed to dope?
The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical concepts
17, Oct, 2021 @1:00 PM

How would sport be different if everyone was allowed to dope?
The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical concepts
12, Oct, 2021 @11:00 AM

US distance coach Alberto Salazar loses appeal against doping violations
Alberto Salazar, the US distance coach who guided Mo Farah to four Olympic gold medals and six world titles, has lost his appeal against a series of doping violations
Sean Ingle
16, Sep, 2021 @1:59 PM

Team GB set to lose 4x100m Olympic silver after second positive for Ujah
CJ Ujah’s B sample tested positive for two banned substances while UK Sport has admitted to ‘concerns’ about crisis in British athletics
Sean Ingle
14, Sep, 2021 @6:04 PM

Cas says ‘close to zero’ probability burrito led to Shelby Houlihan’s failed drugs test
A Cas report on the four-year drugs ban for the US athlete Shelby Houlihan has ruled there is ‘very close to zero’ probability she ingested nandrolone from a contaminated pork burrito, as she had claimed
Sean Ingle
01, Sep, 2021 @6:21 PM

US anti-doping chief dismisses Russian Olympic ban as a ‘farce’
The CEO of the US Anti-Doping Agency, Travis Tygart, has dismissed the punishment handed down for Russia’s state sponsored doping program as a ‘farce’
Guardian sport
31, Jul, 2021 @1:10 PM
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