LONDON, Dec 10, 2009 (AFP) – British cyclists Bradley Wiggins and Rebecca Romero will not be able to defend their titles at the 2012 Games in London after changes to the Olympic track program were announced on Thursday. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) approved the changes proposed by cycling’s world governing body, the International Cycling Union (UCI), in a bid to increase gender … [Read more...]
Rebellin To Be Stripped Of Olympic Silver Medal
November 17, 2009 By Leave a Comment
PARIS, Nov 18, 2009 (AFP) – Veteran Italian cyclist Davide Rebellin who tested positive for the new generation of EPO (CERA) at the 2008 Olympic Games is to be stripped of his road race silver medal the sport’s governing body the International Cycling Union (UCI) announced on Tuesday. The UCI confirmed that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) are to disqualify the 37-year-old, who was … [Read more...]
Stefan Schumacher Tests Positive For CERA At Olympics
April 29, 2009 By Leave a Comment
BERLIN, April 29, 2009 (AFP) - German cyclist Stefan Schumacher was identified on Wednesday as one of the six athletes from the Beijing Olympic Games who has tested positive for banned blood-booster EPO CERA. "The German Cycling Federation (BDR) have passed documents about a failed doping test on to the sportsman Stefan Schumacher," said the BDR in a statement. "It is now up to him … [Read more...]
IOC Planing To Retest Beijing Olympic Blood Samples
October 8, 2008 By Leave a Comment
PARIS, Oct 8, 2008 (AFP) - Blood samples taken at the Beijing Olympics are to be reanalyzed for the banned blood booster EPO using a new detection system developed for the Tour de France, the IOC announced Wednesday. The retroactive controls are designed to seek out the presence of the new generation of EPO known as CERA (Continuous Erythropoiesis Receptor Activator). The IOC's … [Read more...]
IOC Anti-Doping Chief Arne Ljungqvist Backs Up Cycling At Olympic Games
August 15, 2008 By Leave a Comment
BEIJING, Aug 15, 2008 (AFP) - Professor Arne Ljungqvist, head of the International Olympic Committee's medical commission, has brushed off a suggestion that the troubled sport of cycling should be barred from the Games. World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) chief John Fahey said last week that sports tarnished by doping, including cycling and weightlifting, risked being expelled from the … [Read more...]
World Cycling Chief Pat McQuaid Wants Support, Not Criticism
August 11, 2008 By Leave a Comment
World cycling chief Pat McQuaid has called for more support from the World Anti Doping Agency following comments by WADA president John Fahey which placed doubt on cycling's future at the Olympics. WADA chief Fahey said Monday that cycling was among several sports, including weightlifting, that risked their Olympic futures if they continued to be plagued by doping. McQuaid, speaking a … [Read more...]
UCI ‘Disgusted’ At Spanish Rider Moreno Positive Doping Test At Olympics
August 11, 2008 By Leave a Comment
by Justin Davis BEIJING, Aug 11, 2008 (AFP) - The International Cycling Union (UCI) expressed disgust Monday after a Spanish rider became the first athlete to fail a drugs test at the Olympics, blasting the country's "lax attitude" to doping. Maria Isobel Moreno produced tested positive for blood-booster EPO after being tested on July 31, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) … [Read more...]
Scientist Donald Barry: Anti-Doping Tests Do Not Pass Statistical muster
August 6, 2008 By Leave a Comment
PARIS Aug 6, 2008 (AFP) - Anti-doping tests used at the Olympics and other major sporting events are too often based on faulty science and statistical methods that can yield erroneous results, a researcher charged Wednesday in a leading scientific journal. Donald Berry, an expert in biostatistics at the University of Texas, used the case of American cyclist Floyd Landis to point up flaws in … [Read more...]
Masked US Cyclists Apologize To Beijing Olympic Organizers (with Video)
August 6, 2008 By Leave a Comment
by Jim Slater BEIJING, Aug 6, 2008 (AFP) - Four US cyclists who wore masks over their nose and mouths over pollution fears when arriving in Beijing apologized Wednesday to Olympic organizers, US Olympic Committee chief executive Jim Scherr said. Mike Friedman, Bobby Lea, Sarah Hammer and Jennie Reed were among about 200 athletes from an American delegation of 596 who were issued … [Read more...]
Tour de France Anti-Doping Facts
July 3, 2008 By Leave a Comment
BREST, France, July 3, 2008 (AFP) - Details of doping controls prior to and during the 2008 Tour de France which begins here Saturday: Who carries out the controls? After a rupture between the International Cycling Union (UCI) and the company which runs the Tour, ASO, the race is being held under the auspices of the French Cycling Federation (FFC). As a result, all anti-doping … [Read more...]