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May 2025

How Tour de France winner Tadej Pogačar can show he is 'clean' - Town Square #17
The manager of a UCI World Tour cycling team has called on Tadej Pogačar to provide more 'guarantees' about his dominant performances. Here are eight…
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Edmund Willison
Archive #1-137: 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
Exclusive: Sinner's ex-physio 'followed' Code of Ethics to avoid inadvertent doping cases at Italian basketball club
Prior to joining Jannik Sinner's team, the physio Giacomo Naldi worked in Italian basketball. At least one player on his team was already aware of a…
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Edmund Willison
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April 2025

Sprint coach pleads guilty in US federal doping case involving British Olympian - Town Square #16
In 2017, an unnamed British athlete was charged with the 'Attempted use of a Prohibited substance’ and then cleared. US federal investigators suspect a…
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Edmund Willison
Olympic medallist Bella Sims is the latest US teenage swimmer to test positive for problem diuretic - Town Square #15
The swimmer, who trains at the University of Florida under the Team USA Olympic coach, consumed a regulated contaminated medication which has been…
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Edmund Willison
The Spanish cycling federation employs Dr. Fuentes' ex-clients, operates 'zero tolerance' doping policy - Town Square #14
The government-funded federation now employs Alejandro Valverde as its head coach and another senior official who were both implicated in the Operación…
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Edmund Willison

March 2025

The Island's Secret #3: The US-Jamaica doping networks at the centre of Olympic glory
The court for the Southern District of New York has prosecuted drug trafficking and doping crimes which has laid bare the reality of the deeply linked…
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Edmund Willison
The Island's Secret #2: The Jamaican sprint factory’s dark side
The renowned high school competition known as 'Champs' is the foundation of Jamaica's sprinting success. A doping network operating prior to Tokyo 2020…
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Edmund Willison
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The latest sprinting doping scandal in Florida feels all too familiar - Town Square #13
The Athletics Integrity Unit charges the coach of the sprint star Issam Asinga with possession of the same drug the young athlete tested positive for…
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Edmund Willison
Inside the 2022 World Cup's doping control system - Town Square #12
More tests for human growth hormone were conducted at the tournament than at the Paris Olympics but FIFA's testing programme still had its weaknesses. I…
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Edmund Willison

February 2025

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