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We don't really have much except Chopra anyway. And, that too is in threat from a 20-year old German. But, I think Chopra will still hold. I doubt whether the 20-year-old German would be a threat to Chopra or anyone else. Chopra's threat may come from the usual quarters, Czech, Germans (not exactly...

German TV network ARD has alleged the Chinese covered up 23 positive tests prior to the Tokyo Olympics and WADA knew of it but did not take any action following the Chinese explanation. WADA has strongly refuted the allegations and has threatened to explore legal options against the German TV. It ha...

Middle distance runner exonerated after DNA analysis. NADA shown in very poor light:

https://www.ptinews.com/story/sports/ru ... le/1439144

Seems somewhat speculative. Looks like the prize money is only for gold medalists. Those that are gold medal contenders are likely already somewhat well funded and tested, so it seems unlikely that this would be a bigger incentive to dope (since the gold medal will likely be stripped away if they a...

Will Olympics prize money encourage more doping in athletics? A good question to ask especially when the lesser-developed countries and athletes are struggling to match the strides made by the advanced nations. https://athleticsillustrated.com/follow-the-money-awarding-olympic-medallists-cash-will-d...

A former Asian Games gold medallist fails dope test:
https://sportstar.thehindu.com/athletic ... 059381.ece

Two of the cross-country runners who recently competed in the World cross-country championships in Belgrade have been provisionally suspended for doping offences. Hemraj Gurjar had won two successive National cross-country titles in 2023 and 2024 before being selected for the World meet. He finished...

More doping cases come up. Alarming trend among minors. Those responsible should be brought to book. Coaches, support personnel and parents should be held accountable and if need be, sent to jail.
https://revsportz.in/four-more-cases-of ... -in-india/

Mugundan, How many years or is it months before we become number 1? Your answer arrived early Kumar! https://www.thehindu.com/sport/other-sports/sports-india-continues-to-lead-the-charts-in-dope-positive-cases/article68032353.ece Now, we will have to wait for the anti-doping rule violations (ADRVs)...

A very promising talent in his younger days, Murali Gavit tests positive for EPO. It looks the end of the road for this 27-year-old
https://www.amarujala.com/sports/asian- ... 2024-04-03

Athletics Weekly predictions for Paris:
Gold for Neeraj Chopra.AW visualizes Chopra to cross 90.00m. Little else for India.
https://athleticsweekly.com/stats/paris ... 039974844/

The Chinese of late seem to have slowed down on doping. Their track and field athletes are no longer the force they were in the 1990s. Post-Ma's Army, their women track dominance has been completely shattered. They did not win a medal in last Asian Games at home in women's 1500m, 5000m, 10,000m, onc...

Kumar, it would be tough to cross Russia! Number two for India looks adequate at the moment. In the 2020 anti-doping rule violations (ADRV) report, India with 59 came second to Russia which had 135. The year 2020 was not exactly a fair yardstick to measure any country's standing since Covid-19 affec...

P. T. Usha calls for stringent measures to ensure our athletes are dope-free going into Paris Olympics: https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/sports/ioa-president-usha-demands-zero-tolerance-policy-on-doping-600792 Tough task ahead of every agency and individual concerned to weed out the dopers before t...

Women's trials proved quite controversial with Vinesh Phogat being allowed to fight in two weight categories, 50kg and 53kg. Eventually, she won 50kg and finished third in 53kg. The debate was could any one be allowed to fight in two different weights as against the rules of UWW. Vinesh Phogat was s...