On July 13, 2021, 2021 CrossFit Games team athlete Katie Christian posted to her Instagram that she admitted to taking dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) — a banned substance listed as an “anabolic androgenic steroid” in
On June 24, the International Testing Agency (ITA) released its report that shared findings in 146 previously unsolved doping-related cases between the years 2009 to 2019 following an eight-month-long investigation. Per the International
CrossFit Games-qualified athlete Janelle Stites (formerly Shafer) may lose her and team On Track’s qualification for the 2021 NOBULL CrossFit Games due to an out-of-competition drug policy violation she received as an Olympic
In September 2020, weightlifting coach, journalist, and author Jim Rutter self-published a book he hoped would ignite conversation in the lifting community both in the United States and abroad. Titled The Sport Is
Egyptian weightlifting coach Khaled Korany has been provisionally suspended for doping offenses and his suspension could be elevated to a lifetime ban, according to a new report from Inside the Games, Korany’s offenses are related to
The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) shared a press release on Friday, April 4th citing sanctions issued to the Thai Amateur Weightlifting Association (TAWA) and the Malaysian Weightlifting Federation (MWF). The sanctions were imposed by
According to the press release from CrossFit HQ, Lefteris Theofanidis is in breach of the CrossFit Games Drug Testing Policy. The release states that Theofanidis “tested positive for banned substances prohibited from CrossFit
ARD, the German broadcasting network, aired a documentary titled Secret Doping – the Lord of the Lifters on January 5th. The documentary alleged financial corruption and cover-up of false drug testing by the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF).
The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) shared a press release today about the return of Adverse Analytical Findings (AAF) for the results of three more athletes from the 2012 Olympic Games. According to the
A TV documentary titled Secret Doping – the Lord of the Lifters was aired by ARD, a German state broadcaster, on Sunday January, 5th 2020. As reported by insidethegames, the documentary alleges financial corruption and the
