doping and sports
Living in a post factual World: the challenges for media and citizens of a democracy
Updated October 1, 2017. In the book, The Nightmare Years 1930-1941, , William L. Shirer chronicled the rise to power...
Read moreDetailsDavid Bedford talks Drug Testing in Track & Field: Pt 2
Reposted September 30, 2017. We liked what David had to say here, and thought you should get them one after...
Read moreDetailsDavid Bedford talks Drug Testing in Track & Field: Pt 1
Reposted September 30, 2017. David Bedford did a fine job on defining issues, check out parts 1 and 2! In...
Read moreDetailsAsli Cakir Alptekin banned for life over third doping offense
Asli Cakir Alptekin, photo by PhotoRun.net ISTANBUL (TUR): Turkish athletics federation TAF has banned the former 2012 Olympic 1500m champion...
Read moreDetailsU.S. Track & Field Athlete, Ajee’ Wilson, Accepts Finding of No Fault for Anti-Doping Rule Violation
Ajee' Wilson, photo by PhotoRun.net Ajee' Wilson recently pulled out of a meet that I was at, and I heard...
Read moreDetailsQ&A on European Athletics’ proposal to rewrite record books, from SportBT, courtesy of TAFWA May 2017 newsletter
I found this piece in the TAFWA May 2017 newsletter and thought it handled some of the basic questions on...
Read moreDetailsEuropean Athletics endorses record “revolution” plan, from European Athletics via TAFWA May 2017 newsletter
The question of how to deal with records in our sport that belittle and beg the question, "were the athletes...
Read moreDetailsThe Problems with the Proposal to Expunge all World records, by Stuart Weir
The award for the biggest PR disaster of the past few weeks was the proposal to bring credibility to athletics...
Read moreDetailsFive Points we need to remember about Out of competition Drug Testing
Rita Jeptoo, photo by PhotoRun.net While it is truly sad that another Kenyan athlete has, per Atheltics Kenya, tested positive,...
Read moreDetailsFive things we know about out of competition testing in Marathons
Out of competition testing is the most effective way to catch doping cheaters, and is a great deterent as well....
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