In the latest suspension announced by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU), the Kenyan marathon runner, Racheal Mutgaa, has been banned for three years for testing positive for testosterone. In a statement shared by AIU on Twitter, samples picked from the marathoner showed presence and use of a prohibited substance. “Therefore, on 3 August 2021, the […]
Just after Nigerian are battling with a ban of it’s 10 athletes from participating in Olympics for failure to do the required number of out of competition test, the Athletic Integrity Unit (AIU) just hit harder again. The most decorated Nigeria athlete, Blessing Okagbare has just been provisional suspended for using prohibited substances, growth homorne […]
The Swiss Alex Wilson who ran a new European 100m record just 10 days ago and was later cancelled is in serious soup after been thrown out of Tokyo Olympics for doping. According to Athletics Integrity Unit ( AIU) press release earlier today; the previous suspension of Alex which he’s country lifted has been reinstated. […]
It’s no longer new that American 200m champion, Gabrielle Thomas is the second fastest woman ever over the 200m. But most people forgot the same Gabby was provisional suspended for alleged whereabouts failure but later cleared by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU). She was actually banned in May by the AIU for allegedly missing three […]
The Olympics long jump silver medalist, South Africa Luvo Manyonga who was last week handed a four-year ban after his whereabouts failure has finally opened up on what led to the failure. The troubled Manyonga, blamed the whole debacle on his mother Joyce’s death last year in a bizarred explanation of consulting an herbalist who […]
Reigning World 100m champion Christian Coleman’s pleading could only get six months reprieve as his two-year ban for missing three drug tests was reduced following his appeal as Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas) reduced his two-year ban for missing three drug tests after his appeal. The 25-year-old American will still miss the Tokyo Olympics […]
The Rio 100h Champion, American Brianna McNeal finally break silence over her provisional suspension, antagonize Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) on accusation of “tampering within the results management process”. “The system is pretty messed up if you ask me but that’s another topic for another day,” she said. In an Instagram post McNeal added it had been “tough […]
Men’s world 100 metres champion Christian Coleman has appealed his two-year ban for breaching anti-doping whereabouts rules to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). The American missed tests on January 16 and December 9 2019, and was also charged with a filing error in connection with an attempted test on April 26. Coleman accepted […]
Another whereabouts violation has nailed another top American athlete after reigning World Champion Christian Coleman was dropped in ‘cage ban’ by the similar violation. The double NCAA triple jump Champion and Pan American Champion, Omar Craddock has been suspended for whereabouts violation. The Athletics Integrity Unit said the Pan American Games champion has been charged […]
Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) has handed Kenyan Elijah Manangoi two years for “whereabouts failures”, which is a breach of World Athletics anti-doping regulations. The 27-year-old is now set to miss the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, having missed three doping tests. Manangoi was provisionally suspended in July for the violations and the AIU said his […]
Athletics Integrity Unit has made good of their threat as it announced on Thursday that it had appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport after the anti-doping charges against world 400 metre champion Salwa Eid Naser were dropped. Naser was charged with breaking whereabouts rules and provisionally suspended in June, but was cleared last […]
Athletics Integrity Unity (AIU) has hammered Reigning World Champion, American Christian Coleman 2 years after his three judges found him quilty. “We see this case as involving behavior by the athlete as very careless at best and reckless at worst,” the three-person judging panel said in its published ruling Track and field’s Athletics Integrity Unit said it […]
The 2017 London Marathon champion Kenya’s Daniel Wanjiru has been banned four years after being found guilty of doping. The Athletes Integrity Unit (AIU) had provisionally suspended Wanjiru on April 14 this year after anomalies were discovered in his Athlete Biological Passport under the World Athletics Anti-Doping Rules. The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) has now […]
Kenyan long-distance runner Patrick Siele has been banned for three-and-a-half years for legged it when anti-doping officials came to collect his sample, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) said on Thursday. Siele is the latest in a long line of Kenyan athletes to be sanctioned in recent years, including 2008 Olympic 1,500m champion Asbel Kiprop, former […]
The world 1500 Champion who suspended for missed test, Elijah Motonei Manang’oi is confident of clearing his name. He claimed the missed test is not intentional and very apologetic to his coach and fans. “What I can say is each of the missed tests happened during 2019, my case has nothing to do with prohibited […]
Despite all spirited effort by Kenyan sporting authority to bring to an end embarrassing Kenya doping offences, but it seems much needed to be done as another four Kenyan were found guilty of different doping offences. The 2017 World 1,500m champion Elijah Motonei Manang’oi, middle-distance runner, who is the reigning Continental Cup champion, has been […]
The chance of suspended reigning 100m World Champion, Christian Coleman participating in Tokyo 2020 Olympics next year is now seriously hanging on lightest string going by the statement of World Athletics president Sebastian Coe. Sebastian Coe, the president of World Athletics, has warned Coleman not to expect any special deals or favours that would allow […]
In a genuine way to clean the sport from doping and help those who are silently facing sexual harassment and other form of misconduct to speak up; the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) has opened a whistle blower Hot line. The statement released by AIU reads: The Athletics Integrity Unit operates one of the most universal […]
Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) annoucement on Friday as put Africa middle and long distance giant in spot light again for wrong reason; as another Kenya has been ban for doping violation. Kenya’s long distance runner, Japhet Kipchirchir Kipkorir has been handed a four-year ban for violation of World Athletics (WA) anti-doping rules. Athletes Integrity Unit […]
Can reigning 100m World Champion, Christian Coleman be two times luck with Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU), time will tell as AIU reply his overt accusation. The AIU, World Athletics’ anti-doping arm, responded in an e-mail to AFP in which they said “we will not comment on the specifics of an ongoing case” but wanted to […]
The wall of defence by current World 400m Champion, Bahrain Salwa Eid Naser, was cracked today by Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU). The AIU annouced that Naser actually missed four test. “The investigation into Ms Naser’s three whereabouts failures in 2019 was ongoing at the time of the Doha World Championships and she was not provisionally […]
A global Athlete, a body representing all the global athletes have called on World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) for appeal over 4 years suspension of British hammer thrower, Mark Dry. Dry was provisionally suspended by the UK Anti-Doping Agency (UKAD) a year ago, receiving a charge of “tampering or attempted tampering […]
The Anti-Doping Agency of Kenya (Adak) has warned Kenya athletes contemplating circumventing anti-doping regulations that advanced scientific testing and analysis of blood and urine samples will blow their cover. Adak chief executive officer Japhter Rugut has declared that there are no more hiding place for the drug cheater; says some athletes might dodge and escape […]
In what look like two American versus two Kenyan in doping violation played out yesterday when Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) suspended two females US sprinters and two Kenyan runner. Former American 200m Champion Deejah Stevens, Gabrielle Thomas, the 2018 NCAA 200m champion and a pace-setter when Eliud Kipchoge broke marathon record, road runner Alex Korio […]
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has announced that its Intelligence and Investigations Team (I&I) has completed its examination of 298 Russian athletes targeted through an ongoing Operation LIMS probe. Detailed case packages have now been provided to 28 Anti-Doping Organisations (ADOs), which comprises 27 International Federations and one Major Event Organisation. WADA’s I&I has been […]
Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) on Tuesday issued a charge against former Champion of both London and Amsterdam marathon Daniel Kinyua Wanjiru. The AIU has provisionally suspended marathon specialist Daniel Kinyua Wanjiru of Kenya with immediate effect for an Athlete Biological Passport violation under the World Athletics Anti-Doping Rules,” AIU posted on Twitter. The fundamental principle […]
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