Doping Cases and Bans in 2024

[Grassmarket 3,377]

22 minutes ago, Orangehair43 said:

 

 ".....and also people from Edinburgh."

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[tirtha22 232]

Commonwealth Games medal winner Ali Asad banned for 4 years for failing a test at Birmingham 2022.

 

He is a Pakistani wrestler 

[heywoodu 14,940]

A rare case where a football player was actually caught and punished: Mario Vuskovic of HSV can find something else to do until November 2026. The ban was 2 years, went to CAS, got another 2 years  

 

https://www.bundesliga.com/en/2bundesliga/news/hamburg-defender-mario-vuskovic-receives-four-year-ban-from-cas-28666

Edited August 31 by heywoodu

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First major Paris 2024 doping scandal as Belgian horse Dia van het Lichterveld Z is caught bang to rights - urine samples are all too copious.  It's the old, old story - starts off with peppermints & then they progress to harder stuff.

 

 

 

 

https://www.horseandhound.co.uk/news/belgian-olympic-eventing-team-disqualified-paris-olympic-games-positive-drug-test-870542

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WADA filed an appeal against Jannik Sinner, requesting a disqualification of one to two years, without cancellation of results.

[Orangehair43 251]

24 minutes ago, Gianlu33 said:

WADA filed an appeal against Jannik Sinner, requesting a disqualification of one to two years, without cancellation of results.

I’ve never seen an appeal without cancelation of results. I wonder if they have done that because they know CAS won’t want to cause too much of a mess, 

[Monzanator 4,475]

Koki Ikeda (race walking) provisionally suspended for bio passport issues.

 

https://apnews.com/article/doping-walking-ikeda-japan-42dc6360c605072a5b95e356d06aa6e5