World Athletics lifts doping ban on Russia; tightens restrictions on transgender athletes

Mar 23, 2023

The Council agreed to the reinstatement of the Russian Federation (RusAF) following seven years of suspension due to egregious institutional doping violations.

Kenya's Wilson Kipsang banned for four years for violating anti-doping rules

Jul 03, 2020

Quai Antoine [Monaco], July 3 : Kenya's former marathon world-record holder and Olympic bronze medalist Wilson Kipsang has been handed a four-year ban for...

Elijah Manangoi banned for two years for missing doping tests

Nov 14, 2020

Quai Antoine [Monaco], November 14 : Athletics Integrity Unit has handed a two-year ban to former 1,500 metres champion Elijah Manangoi for failing to...

CAS finds Salwa Eid Naser guilty of whereabout failures

Jun 30, 2021

Lausanne [Switzerland], June 30 : The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has upheld the appeals filed by World Athletics (WA) and the World...

World Athletics extends deadline for Russia to fix 'seriously deficient' plan to fight doping in track and field

Sep 26, 2020

Quai Antoine [Monaco], September 26 : The World Athletics Council on Saturday granted an extension to the deadline for the Russian Athletics Federation's (RusAF)...

Russian race walker Lashmanova banned, to be stripped of 2012 London Olympics gold

Mar 21, 2022

London [UK], March 21 : The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) on Monday announced that the Russian race walker Yelena Lashmanova has been banned for...