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Exclusive: WADA drops lawsuit against USADA CEO, attempts to leave China doping scandal behind
An internal letter to the World Anti-Doping Agency Executive Committee shows that two senior officials believe the agency has won over 'public opinion…
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Edmund Willison
Trimetazidine is a 'metabolic cousin of meldonium’ - Town Square #11
The grand slam champion Iga Swiatek believes her failed drug test was unavoidable even though her agent was well familiar with the perils of anti-doping…
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Edmund Willison
Archive #1-102: Doping in Sport - Bi-Weekly Press round-up
Every Monday and Thursday, I publish a weekly press-round up of all the doping stories in the media from the past seven days. You can find the full…
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Edmund Willison

January 2025

Why Jannik Sinner could still be banned - Town Square #10
The World Anti-Doping Agency's appeal in the player's case will be heard by the Court of Arbitration for Sport in April. Sinner's future hinges on…
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Edmund Willison
The Island's Secret #1: The curious clenbuterol cases involving male Jamaican sprinters at Beijing 2008
During Olympic retesting, several Jamaican sprinters tested positive for clenbuterol. The cases were not 'reported', but Honest Sport finds a…
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Edmund Willison
The 14 Australian Open finalists who faced doping cases - Town Square #9
More Australian Open titles than you would think have been won by tennis players who have failed a doping test at some point in their career.
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Edmund Willison
The book that inspired me to start investigating doping - Town Square #8
In 2004, Lance Armstrong's doping was obvious to many. It took another eight years for anti-doping authorities to finally 'catch' him.
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Edmund Willison
Honest Sport going forward, and why I’m ‘Inverse William’ - Town Square #7
When I was once a football-playing school kid in London, I had a classmate called William.
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Edmund Willison
Exclusive: Novak Djokovic's lasting association with 'struck off' oxygen doctor
The hyperbaric oxygen therapy practitioner has sat in the rows behind, or in Novak Djokovic's box at every Australian Open Djokovic has played since…
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Edmund Willison

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