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Case #547 (Ukraine #9) Athlete: Alexandr Godovanyuk Sport: Water Polo Duration: 48 Months Expiration: August 1st, 2022 Substance: Dehydrochloromethyltestosterone Source: http://www.fina.org/news/ Case #548 (United States #82) Athlete: Madison Cox Sport: Swimming Duration: 6 Months Expiration: September 9th, 2018 Substance: Trimetazidine Source: http://www.fina.org/news/ Case #549 (Bulgaria #2) Athlete: Dobromira Ivanova Sport: Swimming Duration: 48 Months Expiration: February 14th, 2022 Substance: Methamphetamine Source: http://www.fina.org/news/ Case #550 (Egypt #3) Athlete: Mohamed Waleed Saad El Mozayen Sport: Swimming Duration: 48 Months Expiration: July 25th, 2021 Substance: Testosterone Source: http://www.fina.org/news/

Case #539 (Spain #7) Athlete: Manuel Esteban Soto Ruiz Sport: Athletics Duration: 2 Months Expiration: November 13th, 2018 Substance: ? Source: IAAF December Newsletter Case #540 (Tanzania #3) Athlete: Nelson Priva Mbuya Sport: Athletics Duration: 24 Months Expiration: November 25th, 2019 Substance: ? Source: IAAF December Newsletter Case #541 (Russia #67) Athlete: Yulia Malueva Sport: Athletics Duration: 48 Months Expiration: April 11th, 2022 Substance: ? Source: IAAF December Newsletter Case #542 (Russia #68) Athlete: Alina Fodorova Sport: Athletics Duration: 36 Months Expiration: November 16th, 2019 Substance: ? Source: IAAF December Newsletter Case #544 (Brazil #8) Athlete: Danylo Martins Santos Sport: Athletics Duration: 48 Months Expiration: July 19th, 2019 Substance: ? Source: IAAF December Newsletter Case #545 (Chile #1) Athlete: Daniel Alexis Estrada Sport: Athletics Duration: 48 Months Expiration: January 15th, 2020 Substance: ? Source: IAAF December Newsletter Case #546 (Kenya #25) Athlete: Samuel Kalalei Sport: Athletics Duration: 48 Months Expiration: June 3rd, 2022 Substance: ? Source: IAAF December Newsletter

Case #534 (Great Britain #17) Athlete: Nigel Levine Sport: Athletics Duration: 48 Months Expiration: December 12th, 2021 Substance: ? Source: IAAF December Newsletter Case #535 (Switzerland #2) Athlete: Nevin Imholz Sport: Athletics Duration: 15 Months Expiration: November 30th, 2017 Substance: ? Source: IAAF December Newsletter Case #536 (India #20) Athlete: Saurabh Singh Sport: Athletics Duration: 48 Months Expiration: January 22nd, 2022 Substance: ? Source: IAAF December Newsletter Case #537 (Ethiopia #7) Athlete: Brtukan Adeba Berihun Sport: Athletics Duration: 96 Months Expiration: June 21st, 2029 Substance: ? Source: IAAF December Newsletter Case #538 (Kenya #24) Athlete: Duncan Ayiemba Sport: Athletics Duration: 24 Months Expiration: September 18th, 2019 Substance: ? Source: IAAF December Newsletter

Case #527 (China #10) Athlete: Su Xueting Sport: Athletics Duration: 96 Months Expiration: June 2nd, 2026 Substance: ? Source: IAAF December Newsletter Case #528 (Kenya #21) Athlete: Eliudmatu Wetu Sport: Athletics Duration: 24 Months Expiration: June 19th, 2020 Substance: ? Source: IAAF December Newsletter Case #529 (India #18) Athlete: Simarjit Kaur Sport: Athletics Duration: 48 Months Expiration: February 5th, 2022 Substance: ? Source: IAAF December Newsletter Case #530 (India #19) Athlete: Baljit Kaur Sport: Athletics Duration: 48 Months Expiration: January 30th, 2022 Substance: ? Source: IAAF December Newsletter Case #531 (Kenya #22) Athlete: David Kiptoo Kirui Sport: Athletics Duration: 48 Months Expiration: February 27th, 2022 Substance: ? Source: IAAF December Newsletter Case #532 (Spain #6) Athlete: Victor Manuel Castro Mateo Sport: Athletics Duration: 48 Months Expiration: July 16th, 2022 Substance: ? Source: IAAF December Newsletter

Case #521 (Russia #64) Athlete: Tatyana Kachegina Sport: Athletics Duration: 48 Months Expiration: June 27th, 2022 Substance: ? Source: IAAF December Newsletter Case #522 (Russia #65) Athlete: Natalia Polyakova Sport: Athletics Duration: 48 Months Expiration: August 7th, 2022 Substance: ? Source: IAAF December Newsletter Case #523 (Russia #66) Athlete: Yana Mikhaylova Sport: Athletics Duration: 24 Months Expiration: July 11th, 2020 Substance: ? Source: IAAF December Newsletter Case #524 (Hungary #4) Athlete: Viktoria Makai Sport: Athletics Duration: 48 Months Expiration: July 17th, 2022 Substance: ? Source: IAAF December Newsletter Case #525 (Azerbaijan #4) Athlete: Zaman Pirvediyev Sport: Athletics Duration: 48 Months Expiration: September 6th, 2021 Substance: ? Source: IAAF December Newsletter Case #526 (China #9) Athlete: Chunlan Wu Sport: Athletics Duration: 48 Months Expiration: July 26th, 2021 Substance: ? Source: IAAF December Newsletter

Case #515 (Ukraine #8) Athlete: Yuliia Havryliuk Sport: Athletics Duration: 48 Months Expiration: October 5th, 2022 Substance: ? Source: IAAF December Newsletter Case #516 (Kenya #19) Athlete: Luka Rotich Sport: Athletics Duration: 48 Months Expiration: April 12th, 2022 Substance: ? Source: IAAF December Newsletter Case #517 (North Korea #1) Athlete: Hye-Song Kim Sport: Athletics Duration: 12 Months Expiration: October 17th, 2019 Substance: ? Source: IAAF December Newsletter Case #518 (Kenya #20) Athlete: Ruth Wanjiru Sport: Athletics Duration: 48 Months Expiration: May 27th, 2019 Substance: ? Source: IAAF December Newsletter Case #519 (Russia #62) Athlete: Sergei Kotov Sport: Athletics Duration: 48 Months Expiration: July 19th, 2022 Substance: ? Source: IAAF December Newsletter Case #520 (Russia #63) Athlete: Darya Tvorogova Sport: Athletics Duration: 24 Months Expiration: March 6th, 2020 Substance: ? Source: IAAF December Newsletter

https://www.sport-express.ru/biathlon/reviews/biatlon-anton-shipulin-pochemu-zavershil-kareru-1494588/ For those who understand Russian. And for the rest of us there's always Google Translate...

Right, you'll be first in front of the firing squad when the revolution comes...

So here's an idea. Readers of this forum nominate your stars of 2018. Male sportsman of the year, Female sportsman of the year. Team of the year Junior sportsman of the year (under 20 years old at 1/1/2018) Junior sportswoman of the year (under 20 years old at 1/1/2018) Greatest moment of the year Biggest idiot of the year

Merry Christmas to all who celebrate it, And, if you don't, have a good day anyway...

Russian biathlete Anton Shipulin is retiring tomorrow.

2.2 Use or Attempted Use by an Athlete of a Prohibited Substance or a Prohibited Method 2.2.1 It is each Athlete’s personal duty to ensure that no Prohibited Substance enters his or her body and that no Prohibited Method is Used. Accordingly, it is not necessary that intent, Fault, negligence or knowing Use on the Athlete’s part be demonstrated in order to establish an anti-doping rule violation for Use of a Prohibited Substance or a Prohibited Method. 2.2.2 The success or failure of the Use or Attempted Use of a Prohibited Substance or Prohibited Method is not material. It is sufficient that the Prohibited Substance or Prohibited Method was Used or Attempted to be Used for an anti-doping rule violation to be committed

The IOC have announced nothing. The news of the two athletes (Ivoninskaya of Kazakhstan and Radevica of Latvia) was announced by the IAAF here https://www.athleticsintegrity.org/disciplinary-process/provisional-suspensions-in-force

The IOC have been doing another round of retesting of 2012 samples this year. So far they've caught 2 athletes and 5 weightlifters, It's possible there will be more

Another Olympic gold for Iran... Oleksiy Torokhtiy has tested positive for the 2012 Olympics

Oh dear...

No. Steven, Ellen, Louise, Joe, Joanne, George, James and Jack aren't competing. Edit - and Ellen's partner is Antonio Mariñas Soto who has ridden for Spain at the European Championships.

You know it's going to 10 c and light rain at Christmas. Like it is every year...

The greatest mistake in television history...

How much does it cost to buy a korf these days?

Case #511 (Kyrgyzstan #1) Athlete: Zhamalidin Musaev Sport: Athletics Duration: 48 Months Expiration: August 19th, 2022 Substance: ? Source: IAAF October Newsletter Case #512 (Spain #5) Athlete: Cesar Antonio Perez Rodriguez Sport: Athletics Duration: 3 Months Expiration: January 7th, 2019 Substance: ? Source: IAAF October Newsletter Case #513 (Romania #2) Athlete: Ioan Pitigoi Sport: Athletics Duration: 48 Months Expiration: January 26th, 2022 Substance: ? Source: IAAF October Newsletter Case #514 (Canada #11) Athlete: Natasha Yaremczuk Sport: Athletics Duration: 14 Months Expiration: December 29th, 2018 Substance: ? Source: IAAF October Newsletter Case #515 (Kenya #17) Athlete: Edwin Kipyego Sport: Athletics Duration: 48 Months Expiration: July 6th, 2021 Substance: ? Source: IAAF October Newsletter Case #516 (Azerbaijan #3) Athlete: Azer Ahmedov Sport: Athletics Duration: 48 Months Expiration: November 22nd, 2021 Substance: ? Source: IAAF October Newsletter Case #517 (Brazil #7) Athlete: Simone Da Silva Sport: Athletics Duration: 360 Months Expiration: June 9th, 20147 Substance: ? Source: IAAF October Newsletter Case #518 (Portugal #3) Athlete: Hélio Gomes Sport: Athletics Duration: 24 Months Expiration: July 11th, 2019 Substance: ? Source: IAAF October Newsletter Case #519 (Kenya #18) Athlete: Lazarus Too Sport: Athletics Duration: 24 Months Expiration: July 6th, 2019 Substance: ? Source: IAAF October Newsletter Case #520 (Romania #3) Athlete: Adelina Elena Panaet Sport: Athletics Duration: 48 Months Expiration: February 19th, 2020 Substance: ? Source: IAAF October Newsletter Case #521 (Ethiopia #6) Athlete: Brtukan Adeba Berihun Sport: Athletics Duration: 96 Months Expiration: June 21st, 2025 Substance: ? Source: IAAF October Newsletter

Awards ceremony live on BBC 1 now Nominations for Sportsperson of the Year are: Harry Kane Dina Asher-Smith Jimmy Anderson Geraint Thomas Lewis Hamilton Lizzy Yarnold Special Award - Billy Monger, the racing driver who returned to racing after losing both legs in a crash. International Lifetime Achievement Award - Billie Jean King Coach of the Year - Gareth Southgate World Star of the Year - Francesco Molinari (he beat Simone Biles (!) ) Team of the Year - England Netball Greatest Sporting Moment of 2018 - England netball team beating world champions Australia in the last second to win the Commonwealth Games Final results 3rd Harry Kane 2nd Lewis Hamilton 1st Geraint Thomas

I blame Brexit for this...

Unlike 2016, Great Britain's women's football team have confirmed they will take their place if England qualify. I don't know if that makes a difference to your prediction?