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DOPING

Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 17, 2022
Adam Rippon calls Kamila Valieva ruling 'slap in the face' to clean athletes
'This situation is super unfortunate and it's also unprecedented that someone with a failed doping test is allowed to compete in the Games,' Rippon said.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 15, 2022
Kamila Valieva argued grandfather's medication led to positive test
If Valieva finishes in the top three of the women's single event, the medal ceremony will not be held during the ongoing Winter Games in Beijing.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 14, 2022
Kamila Valieva cleared to compete but doping shadow remains
There will be no medal ceremony for the women's singles figure skating if Valieva finishes in the top three, the IOC said after the decision.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 14, 2022
In the Kamila Valieva story, echoes of a dark era of doping
Decades after East Germany gave steroids to its athletes and just a few years after Russia's doping program was exposed, the Olympic Games are again roiled by scandal.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 11, 2022
ITA confirms figure skater Kamila Valieva failed drug test
Valieva's provisional suspension was lifted by the Russian Anti-Doping Agency, a decision the International Olympic Committee will appeal in the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 11, 2022
Figure skating great Katarina Witt voices support for Kamila Valieva amid doping controversy
Witt insists Valieva can not be held responsible for the failed test, pointing her finger at the teenager's entourage.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 10, 2022
Fate of star skater Kamila Valieva in limbo after doping allegation emerges
Russian figure skating sensation Kamila Valieva shows up for practice at Beijing Olympics on Thursday, following reports that she had tested positive for a banned drug.
Japan Times
SPORTS
Oct 10, 2021
WADA sanctions Russian anti-doping laboratory
The ruling, which follows the lab's provisional suspension in January 2020, means it will not be allowed to process athletes' blood samples or conduct other doping-related testing.
Japan Times
PARALYMPICS / Summer Paralympics
Aug 27, 2021
Polish Paralympic cyclist suspended after positive EPO test
Marcin Polak, who just won a bronze at the Tokyo Games, will not be allowed to participate in his second race.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Jul 31, 2021
Russia emboldened to continue cheating, says USADA chief
Russia is competing in Tokyo as representatives of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) because the country was stripped of its flag and anthem for doping offenses.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Jul 28, 2021
Seeing's not believing — how doping has tainted athletics
Advances have tilted the balance back toward clean athletes but it is a never-ending war, with each Olympics merely the highest-profile battleground.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Jul 8, 2021
White House recommends review of rules after Sha'Carri Richardson case
The White House on Wednesday said it may be worthwhile to review anti-doping rules in sport after American sprinter Sha'Carri Richardson tested positive for cannabis use.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Jun 15, 2021
Olympic hopeful Shelby Houlihan 'devastated' by four-year doping ban
The U.S. record holder in the 1,500 and 5,000 meters will be unable to compete in Tokyo after a positive test for anabolic steroids was upheld by the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Apr 27, 2021
WBO superfly champ Kazuto Ioka had positive doping test before fight
WBO world super flyweight champion Kazuto Ioka had tested positive for doping in December when he defended the title for the second time, sources familiar with the matter said Monday.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 20, 2021
Russian team to be branded as 'ROC' during Tokyo Olympics as part of doping sanctions
Russian athletes will compete under the acronym "ROC" at the Tokyo Olympics this year — part of the nation's sanctions for several doping scandals — the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said Friday.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 3, 2021
Russia's doping ban for Tokyo Games finalized
Russia's ban from the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games was finalized Tuesday after neither the World Anti-Doping Agency nor Russian authorities appealed a decision by the Court of Arbitration for Sport that bars the country from international competition until December 2022.
Japan Times
SPORTS
Jan 13, 2021
Dick Pound says farewell to WADA and passes anti-doping torch
Tributes from Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to IOC chief Thomas Bach poured in for retiring anti-doping crusader Dick Pound last week but there was understandably no applause from the likes of Lance Armstrong, Gary Bettman or Vladimir Putin.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Dec 18, 2020
Russia's Olympic doping ban halved, but flag barred from Tokyo Olympics
The ruling by the Court of Arbitration for Sport drew criticism for anti-doping officials who claimed that Russia was not sufficiently punished for its state-sponsored doping activities.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Oct 28, 2020
Christian Coleman handed two-year ban, will miss Tokyo Olympics
The 100-meter world champion was found to have avoided a drug test in December, a third violation of of the anti-doping 'whereabouts' system.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Aug 7, 2020
Anti-doping agency to reduce bans for recreational drugs from 2021
Athletes testing positive for recreational drugs out of competition will be banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) for 1-3 months instead of two years when the policy is changed next year, officials said on Thursday.
Japan says Biden's description of nation as xenophobic is 'unfortunate'
The National Diet building in Tokyo
As visitors surge, Japan seeks ways to make tourism eco-friendly
Much like other hot spots across Okinawa, Onna has diligently strived to captivate both domestic and international tourists, while at the same time grappling with the environmental strain induced by the influx of visitors.
G7 eyes plan on U.S.-led $50 billion aid package for Ukraine
A local resident visits the Lychakiv cemetery in Lviv, Ukraine, on Thursday. The U.S. is in talks with close partners to lead a group of allies that would give as much as $50 billion in aid to Ukraine.
Japan drops to 70th in press freedom rankings
A businessman reads a newspaper outside a train station in Tokyo.
Kishida talks up bolstered Latin American ties as China cements position
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida holds a news conference in Sao Paulo on Saturday.
As visitors surge, Japan seeks ways to make tourism eco-friendly
Much like other hot spots across Okinawa, Onna has diligently strived to captivate both domestic and international tourists, while at the same time grappling with the environmental strain induced by the influx of visitors.
Kishida talks up bolstered Latin American ties as China cements position
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida holds a news conference in Sao Paulo on Saturday.
Debate on constitutional revision at a standstill despite Kishida's pledges
With less than two months left before the conclusion of the current session of parliament, any possibility that Prime Minister Fumio Kishida can deliver constitutional reform before the end of his term as Liberal Democratic Party president in late September, as he has promised, appears remote.
Sapporo court ruling on Ainu fishing rights presents tough questions
A traditional Ainu preserved food called <i>satchep</i> (dried fish) being made at the government-run National Ainu Museum and Park, nicknamed Upopoy, in the town of Shiraoi, Hokkaido, on Dec. 25. The Sapporo District Court ruled last month that the Raporo Ainu Nation's rights as an Indigenous people did not extend to having an inherent right to fish for commercial reasons.
With eye on China, defense chiefs agree to bolster interoperability
From left: U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Australian defense chief Richard Marles, Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara and Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro hold a joint news conference in Honolulu on Thursday.

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