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WADA Successfully Retrieves Data from Former Moscow Anti-Doping Lab

The World Anti-Doping Association (WADA) has successfully retrieved the data from the former Moscow anti-doping laboratory in Russia. This pushes…

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WADA Announces Changes to Management Team

Amidst a swirl of controversy, the World Anti-Doping Association (WADA) has announced changes to its management team effective in the…

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WADA Expert Committee Will Return to Moscow this Week

WADA says that the issues with accessing the data from the former Moscow Laboratory has been resolved.

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WADA Hires Law Firm to Investigate Bullying Accusations

The World Anti-Doping Association (WADA) has hired the law firm Covington & Burling to investigate accusations of bullying by athlete…

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IOC Athletes Commission Releases Statement On RUSADA Missed Deadline

“As members of the IOC Athletes’ Commission, we are extremely disappointed and concerned by the fact that RUSADA has missed the deadline of 31 December 2018 to hand over the LIMS data from the Moscow laboratory to WADA,” reads a portion of the group’s statement.

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Russia Denies WADA Search Team Access To Lab Data

“Let’s hope WADA doesn’t get played again and immediately declares them non-compliant,” United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) chief executive Travis Tygart told Reuters upon the news of data denial during the RUSADA inspection.

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WADA Completes Audit of Russian Anti-Doping Agency

WADA completed a full audit of the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) earlier this week with recommendations for future actions to come.

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Penny Heyns Replaces Beckie Scott On WADA Compliance Review Committee

Penny Heyns, South African double Olympic champion back at the 1996 Games in Atlanta, will be replacing Canadian cross-country skier Beckie Scott on the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Compliance Review Committee (CRC).

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Stockholm Laboratory Partially Suspended By WADA

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has confirmed partial suspension of the accreditation of the Karolinska University Hospital (Stockholm Laboratory) Doping Control Laboratory.

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Officials Push WADA to Implement Presidential Candidate Age Minimum of 45

WADA did not deny that the proposal is under consideration, though they did not initiate the discussion.

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Katie Ledecky, Lilly King Speak at White House Anti-Doping Summit

Olympians Katie Ledecky and Lilly King were among the group of athletes to speak at an “emergency” anti-doping summit Wednesday.

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WADA Publishes 2019 List of Prohibited Substances And Methods

WADA published its list of prohibited substances that comes into effect on January 1, 2019.

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Phelps On WADA’s Russian Reinstatement Decision: It’s Sad To See This

Michael Phelps, the most decorated Olympian of all time, has vocalized his dissatisfaction with yesterday’s news concerning the World Anti-Doping Agency’s (WADA) reinstating the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA).

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Stockholm Lab Partially Suspended By WADA

The doping control laboratory located at the Karolinska University Hospital in Stockholm, Sweden, has been partially suspended by the World-Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).

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WADA Reports 1,595 Doping Violations in 2016 – Lowest on Record

In its 4th annual Anti-Doping Rule Violations Report, WADA announced that in 2016, athletes produced 1,596 ADRVs.

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