1/4 ICYMI: Highlights of the recent ADAK press briefing on the Reinstatement of ADAK's Budget and ADAK's position on the proposed Enhanced Games WADA

The Wildest Doping Stories In Pro Cycling youtu.be/3yuViceC8ic?si… via YouTube

Polish volleyball player Kamila Witkowska is banned for 8 months following appeal at CAS. She was found with the prohibited corticoid diuretic Canrenone in her system. This is quite a rare drug, sold only in Italy these days apparently. fivb.com/kamila-witkows…

Doping in Sport - Bi-Weekly Press round-up #133 A Team Sky rider hypotheses why Chris Froome faced doping allegations during his career, a World Champion is suspected of drug use in Dubai and the Spanish anti-doping agency lets a case expire. 🖇️ substack-proxy.glitch.me/articles/hones…

Detecting peptide doping agents in #antidoping samples can be challenging, but Dr. Trine Halvorsen & her team are advancing new methods using smart samplers for qualitative & quantitative analysis of peptides & proteins in biological matrices. Learn more: cleancompetition.org/anti-doping-po…

USADA gave FitzSimons a 3 month ban. I wonder how Max Purcell feels about that, having received an 18 month ban for the same infraction.

Polydeoxyribonucleotide (PDRN) can promote wound healing and may have performance-enhancing effects. Researchers successfully developed a highly sensitive and specific method to detect PDRN misuse using the CRISPR-Cas12a system. #antidoping #cleansport sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Yet another marathon runner banned. If I were a clean marathon runner I would be absolutely disgusted at the number of +ve's in my sport. Would these people be getting caught without the AIU?

And ... another. Benard Kibet. Provisional suspension for blood doping. Fastest ten-miler of all time. Also one of the world's best 10,000m runners.

2nd ADRV for this distance runner. Both for stimulants. Runner claimed that the Octodrine was from a contaminated supplement but could not prove this.

Reminder of this very useful article explaining the different categories of performance enhancing drugs livescience.com/55723-banned-d…

WADA chief wants US authorities to prevent The Enhanced Games from going ahead independent.co.uk/news/world-ant…

Yep, another Kenyan distance runner has cheated. CERA and ABP. ABP failure is quite an achievement given he's only just turned 20. Always remember - anti-doping can only catch a minority of cheats. There are plenty more like Daniel out there, not caught and winning races.

I'm not going to feel sorry for any Track series that uses Justin Gatlin for promotion.