Russian athletics chief Valentin Balakhnichyov said he expected more doping cases involving Russian athletes to be revealed in the future because the country conducted more drugs tests than any other nation.
“Don’t be surprised if you hear about a few more suspensions coming our way,” the president of the Russian athletics federation (VFLA) told Reuters on Monday following an inspection visit by top officials from the sport’s governing body IAAF.… Continue Reading…
London Olympics 400m hurdler Yelena Churakova has been banned for two years after testing positive for steroids, the All-Russian Athletics Federation said.
Churakova, who was eliminated from the Games in the semi-final heats, was found to have taken the anabolic steroid metandienone and testosterone in out-of-competition testing, a website statement said.… Continue Reading…
Thursday - February 14th, 2013 can be described as one of the most monumental but disturbing days in competitive sports. On that day - Valentine's Day, Oscar Pristorius allegedly murdered his girlfriend - Reeva Steenkamp in his Pretoria, South Africa home. With information gathered from several media sources, including Reuters from Johannesburg and France 24 in Paris, there is consistency with the following timeline:
Wednesday
1-Reeva Steenkamp arrives at the home of boyfriend - Oscar Pristorius around 6pm for a romantic, pre-Valentine's Day, evening.… Continue Reading…
Investigations into the death of Reeva Steenkamp, the girlfriend of South African athlete Oscar Pistorius have revealed that steroids were found in his home where the unfortunate incident occured on Thursday 14th February 2013.
South African police are investigating whether Steenkamp's murder could be connected to the use of performance-boosting steroids.… Continue Reading…
A stash of drugs found at the home of murder suspect Oscar Pistorius was being stored there for a friend, the athlete allegedly told police.
"Boxes and boxes" of steroids were said to have been discovered in a drawer by detectives investigating the gun death of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.… Continue Reading…
One of the interesting effects of the Lance Armstrong scandal-and here I’m talking not just about his appearance on Oprah’s network, but the whole Byzantine, multi-year saga-is the way it has unraveled the myth of the reliable drug test.… Continue Reading…
It took 8 years for science to catch up with what was going on with Olympic dopers in 2004. This goes to show how far ahead of the curve the science of doping is (an always will be).  The "bad guys" have the money and the time to invest in drugs and techniques that will forever remain at least one step ahead of the "detectives".… Continue Reading…
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) today announced that four athletes who competed in the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens will be stripped of their medals after analysis of stored urine samples revealed "adverse analytical findings."
Yuriy Bilonog, Svetlana Krivelyova, Ivan Tsikhan, and Iryna Yatchenko have all been ordered to return their medals and diplomas to the IOC "as soon as possible." Bilonog, the Ukrainian who won the gold medal in men's shot put, and Krivelyova, the Russian who won the bronze medal in women's shot put, both tested positive for oxandrolone metabolite.… Continue Reading…
Doping a public health problem not limited to sports
At the "Doping as a Public Health Issue" Symposium that was held September 21 and 22 in Stockholm Sweden, had experts explaining that using doping products or blood products to improve athletic performance is now a public health problem.
Dr. Timothy Armstrong of the World Health Organization (WHO) had explained that around 3% of American high school boys are regularly taking steroid or growth hormone, it's a public health issue.… Continue Reading…
Kaarlo Kangasniemi, a Finnish Olympic gold medallist in weightlifting, says that he gave advice to the celebrated cross-country skier Juha Mieto on the use of anabolic steroids in 1975.
     Kangasniemi makes his claims in the new documentary film Sinivalkoinen valhe (“The Blue and White Lie”) by director Arto Halonen.… Continue Reading…
