Beijing 2008 4500 doping tests are foreseen for the XXIX Olympiad. London 2012 5000 doping tests are foreseen for the XXX Olympiad. Athletes need to be targeted out-of-competition even more effectively in the coming years to be able to send a strong message to all participating athletes, countries and to every other party involved in […]
On the WADA Executive Committee meeting there were talks about: – Boosting the minimum doping bans from 2 years to maybe four and – Using only the A samples since the B samples seldom differ in results. A long discussion will follow and all related parties will be asked before the final decision reached.
?The IWF has assessed the organisation of the Asian Games in Qatar, in particular the weightlifting competitions, and concludes that it was a prime event of a very high standard,? says Dr. Tamás Aján, President of the IWF, following his return from Doha. ?We also appreciate the professional activity of the Technical Officials ? a […]
IWF – DAGOC doping controls covered almost 50% of the weightlifting athletes who participated in Doha, Asian Games. The contracted WADA Accredited Laboratory reported 4 adverse analytical findings (positive cases) and the Olympic Council of Asia carried out the result management accordingly. All 4 athletes accepted the result of the A sample analysis and waived […]
In the women?s heaviest category, the +75kg, the two protagonists celebrated their third face-to-face contest after two world championships. Both times before, the lighter lady ? Korean Jang Mi-Ran, holder of the world record with 318kg ? was on the winning side. In Doha, however, Mu Shuangshuang from China improved the balance to 1:2. Her […]