Doping rules, legal challenges and endless appeals have left some medalists waiting (and waiting) for their golds.
Tag: Doping (Sports)
Canadian Skaters File Appeal Seeking Medals From Beijing Olympics
Reviving a fight from the 2022 Games, Canada’s team said skating officials improperly awarded third place to Russia. The Russians filed three cases, asking for the gold.
Russian Figure Skaters Will Get Olympic Bronze After Valieva Disqualification
A decision to address the disqualification of Kamila Valieva gave the United States the gold in the Beijing 2022 team event, but it kept Canada off the podium.
Russian Skater Kamila Valieva Is Given Four-Year Ban Over Olympic Doping Case
Kamila Valieva, once a 15-year-old gold medal favorite, was punished in a case that upended the Beijing Games, and kept other athletes from receiving medals.
Kenyan Runners Are Being Chased by a National Doping Crisis
Nearly 300 athletes from Kenya have been punished for using banned substances since 2015, tarnishing the country’s image as a running powerhouse.
A National Treasure on the Rise Is Hit With a Doping Allegation
A star Olympic runner from Australia was suspended over a positive drug test of a kind that critics have called alarmingly open to human error.
Werner Franke, Who Exposed East German Doping Program, Dies at 82
In the 1990s, he and his wife unearthed documentary evidence of the illicit, state-sponsored drug program that propelled the country to Olympic glory.
Lamine Diack, Olympics Power Broker Convicted of Taking Bribes, Dies at 88
The former head of the world governing body for track and field was convicted of accepting bribes to cover up a Russian doping scandal.
Doping Ruling Knocks Russia off Gold Medal Perch
A new doping ruling seems likely to drop Russia into second place for gold medals in the 2014 Olympics in Sochi. Medal counts have long been a point of national pride.
World Bridge Federation Suspends a Top Player After He Failed a Drug Test
Geir Helgemo, a Norwegian player, will not be allowed to compete for several months after a random drug test found the presence of banned substances, officials said.