Doping Cases and Bans in 2022

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Unusual one here.  Well, unusual for, just a rite of passage for .

 

A sprinter who represented Ireland in the Olympics has been given a suspended sentence for allowing his flat to be used to produce crack cocaine.

 

Leon Reid, 27, of Longmead Terrace in Bath, was sentenced to 21 months, suspended for 18 months, and 220 hours unpaid work by a judge at Bristol Crown Court on Friday.

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-60445366

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Another Olympic drug test fail -  Laura Barauero from Pairs Figure Skating.

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/winter-olympics/60480117

 

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17 minutes ago, Grassmarket said:

Another Olympic drug test fail -  Laura Barauero from Pairs Figure Skating.

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/winter-olympics/60480117

 

Looks like she might have accidentally eaten the same lipstick Johaug did.

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Swiss Tribunal Dismisses Sun Yang’s Appeal Against June 2021 CAS Decision

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2 hours ago, Olympian1010 said:

 

This will result in 's first ever sweep in Olympic athletics.

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9 minutes ago, NearPup said:

This will result in 's first ever sweep in Olympic athletics.

And also our first ethnic Tibetan Olympic Champion.

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Okagbare didn't appeal the doping ban so a 10 year career ending ban it is.

 

https://dailypost.ng/2022/03/22/blessing-okagbare-accepts-10-year-ban/

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Kind of doping, although Kazakh weightlifters haven’t figured this one out yet.  
 

Dog-lovers taking part in Parkrun events in UK will be banned from using harnesses after some competitors said they give them an unfair advantage, a former organiser claims.

 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10643525/Parkrun-ban-dog-owners-using-waist-harnesses-dangerous-ex-organiser-claims.html

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Big surprise, it has been all over the sports news in Greece since yesterday, basketball player Konstantinos Mitoglou of Armani Milano tested positive.

 

https://basketnews.com/news-169083-dinos-mitoglou-tests-positive-in-anti-doping-control.html