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Doping at the Olympic Games refers to the use of prohibited performance-enhancing substances and methods by athletes competing in the Games. Throughout the history of the modern Olympics, doping has been a persistent and controversial issue, raising concerns about fair play, athlete health, and the integrity of sport.
The use of performance-enhancing drugs (doping in sport) is prohibited within the sport of athletics.Athletes who are found to have used such banned substances, whether through a positive drugs test, the biological passport system, an investigation or public admission, may receive a competition ban for a length of time which reflects the severity of the infraction.
Cheating, such as the use of performance enhancing drugs by athletes, has regularly affected the Olympic Games. Some countries have boycotted the Games on various occasions, either as a protest against the International Olympic Committee or the contemporary politics of other participants.
Similar to other sports, the use of performance-enhancing drugs — otherwise known as doping — has been banned at the Olympics. In 1999, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) was created to lead ...
Kamila Valieva was back on the Olympic ice at the Beijing Games for the individual competition Tuesday, skating hours after details of her legal defense in a doping case were revealed. Lawyers for ...
Spanish figure skater Laura Barquero has become the fourth athlete to fail a doping test at the Beijing Olympics after testing positive for the banned steroid clostebol, the International Testing ...
In March 2016, Australian triathlete Lisa Marangon received a 4-year ban ending in March 2020 for use of banned substance enobosarm. American triathlete Ashley Paulson was given a 6-month suspension for use of banned substance enobosarm because officials accepted her contention that the banned drug positive came from a contaminated supplement. [79]