The International Olympic Committee (IOC), International Paralympic Committee (IPC) and the Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020 (Tokyo 2020) have today launched the second editions of the Tokyo 2020 Playbooks, with the version for Athletes and Team Officials. Building on February’s publication, the new Playbooks provide more specific details to participants about the countermeasures […]
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With 86 days left until the opening of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, and 118 days left until the opening of the Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020, the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), the Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (Tokyo 2020), the Tokyo Metropolitan Government and the Government […]
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The ongoing Asian Championships which are being held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, from 17th to 25th April 2021 so far has had a total of 15 World Records and 26 Asian records broken. The event is a Gold Level competition for the upcoming Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games and the Athletes are trying to gather valuable points […]
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The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) has welcomed a decision by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) to largely uphold the suspension of the Thai Amateur Weightlifting Federation. The suspension followed extensive anti-doping rule violations by Thai weightlifters in 2018. One Thai weightlifter at the Buenos Aires 2018 Youth Olympic Games tested positive for exogenous […]
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The IWF reports that the ITA has asserted an anti-doping rule violation against Mr. Rinat KIREEV (RUS) under Article 2.2 of the IWF Anti-Doping Rules. The asserted ADRV is based on investigations conducted by the World Anti-Doping Agency’s Intelligence and Investigations Department (WADA I&I) and by Professor Richard McLaren into allegations of systemic doping practices in Russian sport […]
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