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LAUSANNE, Switzerland, Feb 13, 2013 (AFP) - International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge reiterated his confidence in under-fire International Cycling Union chief (UCI) Pat McQuaid on Wednesday. McQuaid and his predecessor Hein Verbruggen have been in the spotlight ever since the Lance Armstrong doping scandal with pressure on them to clarify how much they knew and whether or … [Read more...]
LAUSANNE, Feb 13, 2013 (AFP) - The International Olympic Committee said Wednesday that it would not reattribute the 2000 cycling bronze medal stripped from Lance Armstrong because of doping. "It (the medal) will not be reattributed," IOC vice-president Thomas Bach told AFP on the sidelines of a meeting of the organization's executive commission in Lausanne, Switzerland. The IOC … [Read more...]
by Pirate Irwin LAUSANNE, Jan 24, 2013 (AFP) - Lance Armstrong's doping scandal was both disappointing and sad, International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Jacques Rogge told AFP Thursday. Rogge - who steps down as president in September after 12 years in charge - added that if the American was truly contrite he could in future act as an example to younger cyclists. … [Read more...]
LAUSANNE, Jan 23, 2013 - Embattled cycling chief Pat McQuaid stepped down from the IOC body evaluating candidate cities for the 2020 Olympics on Wednesday as the fallout from the Lance Armstrong scandal took another twist. International Cycling Union (UCI) president McQuaid said he was unable to join his colleagues evaluating Tokyo, Madrid and Istanbul -- the three cities bidding to … [Read more...]
by Stephanie Pertuiset LAUSANNE, Jan 17, 2013 (AFP) - The International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Thursday asked disgraced American cyclist Lance Armstrong to return the Olympic bronze medal from the time-trial event at the 2000 Games in Sydney. The IOC had written to Armstrong late Wednesday to ask him hand back the medal, IOC spokesman Mark Adams told AFP. The … [Read more...]
LAUSANNE, Jan 16, 2013 (AFP) - The International Olympic Committee (IOC) said on Wednesday that is "very unlikely" cycling could be stripped as an event for the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro, despite the fall-out from the Lance Armstrong doping affair. The fall of the disgraced Texan has thrown the spotlight on the sport's governing body, the International Cycling Union (UCI), who have … [Read more...]
GENEVA, Nov 1, 2012 (AFP) - The International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Thursday said it had formally begun an investigation into whether to strip shamed US cyclist Lance Armstrong of the time-trial bronze medal he won at the Sydney Olympics in 2000. "The IOC will now immediately start the process concerning the involvement of Lance Armstrong, other riders and particularly their … [Read more...]
LAUSANNE, Oct 12, 2012 - The International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Friday stated that they would be looking into the US Anti-Doping Agency's report into cyclist Lance Armstrong before deciding whether to strip him of his Olympic bronze medal. "The IOC is aware of the USADA report and is currently studying it with all the corresponding documentation," a spokesman for the … [Read more...]
THE COURT OF ARBITRATION FOR SPORT (CAS) REJECTS THE APPEAL OF DAVIDE REBELLIN Lausanne, 30 July 2010 - The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has dismissed the appeal filed by the Italian cyclist Davide Rebellin against the decision of the Executive Board of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) of 17 November 2009 disqualifying the athlete from the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing and … [Read more...]
World sport's top court CAS on Monday rejected an appeal by disgraced German cyclist Stefan Schumacher against a two-year ban for doping, related to offences at the 2008 Tour de France. Schumacher tested positive for the banned blood booster EPO CERA both at the Tour de France and Olympic Games in 2008. He was appealing against a ban handed down after offenses at the Tour de France. … [Read more...]