A new bill was just introduced in the United States House of Representatives to criminalize doping in international sports. The bill is named the Rodchenkov Anti-Doping Act (RADA) after Grigory Rodchenkov, the former
Earlier today, the International Weightlifting Federation released the names of five athletes from multiple countries that have been flagged for positive doping results. All of these athletes will be provisionally suspended until the
The International Weightlifting Federation has announced that Ilya Ilyin will receive the “maximum allowed” sanction under the World Anti-Doping Code: a two-year suspension, which will end in June this year. In mid-2016, the
Kratom is an unusual target in the War on Drugs. A relative newcomer to the American market, kratom hovers in the space between plant-based medicine and prescription drug, and while it’s usually used
The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) updated their Sanctioned Athlete list on Friday, January 12th, and several athletes who failed reanalysis drug testing from the London and/or Beijing Olympic Games has been given end dates
The International Weightlifting Federation has provisionally suspended Russian weightlifter Oleg Chen due to a violation of the IWF’s anti-doping policy. The IWF hasn’t said much about the circumstances surrounding the -69kg athlete’s suspension
Yesterday afternoon, reports surfaced that British weightlifter Sonny Webster had tested positive for Ostarine. This substance is one of many on the World Anti Doping Agency’s (WADA) Prohibited List, and is what’s known
Men’s Health is among the most popular men’s magazines on Earth and they’ve got 35 different editions worldwide, including one in Kazakhstan. This week, MensHealth.kz published in an in-depth interview with embattled Kazakh
A former doctor for the Chinese Olympic team during the 1980s and 1990s has turned whistleblower. Xue Yinxian, now 79 years old, claims that during her tenure, over 10,000 Chinese athletes, including weightlifters,
One-year suspensions of nine IWF member federations took effect this weekend as a result of anti-doping rule violations (ADRVs) from the 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games. The countries are Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, China, Moldova,
