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WADA closes Africa’s only doping laboratory for the second time

WADA closes Africa’s only doping laboratory for the second time

The World Anti-Doping Agency has suspended Africa’s only accredited doping laboratory that is located in South Africa for six months. The anti-doping regulatory body found the laboratory in Bloemfontein guilty of non-conformities with international standard and non-conformities with technical documents and the continued Analytical Testing Restriction (ATR), among other issues.  Back in September 2023, WADA restricted the South African laboratory from any analytical testing which is...

Russia’s Antyukh stripped of 2012 Olympics gold medal

Russia’s Antyukh stripped of 2012 Olympics gold medal

Natalya Antyukh is the latest Russian athlete to be stripped of her Olympic medal. The gold medallist for the 400m hurdles event at the London 2012 Olympic Games has had her medal stripped on the basis of historical data from a Moscow testing laboratory. The 41-year-old is currently serving a four-year ban after the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) listed her as part of a group of...