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Conviction set aside, and he was released after serving 19 years Derek Chisora: Assault 12 weeks suspended for 2 years and 150 hours community service Had previous convictions for public order offences, assaulting a police officer and possession of an offensive weapon. [375] Christophe Dettinger: Two counts of assaulting an officer
This page lists athletes who were banned from their sport for their entire lifetime. Usually this is due to major misconduct, such as serious doping, betting, match fixing or a criminal conviction. This category does not include athletes that were later reinstated.
The conviction of Barry Bonds (2011) – later overturned on obstruction of justice charges relating to the BALCO investigation; Operación Puerto (2006) – a Spanish investigation into a doping scheme allegedly involving many top cyclists, including several potential contenders in the 2006 Tour de France.
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The following is an incomplete list of sportspeople who have been involved in doping offences. It contains those who have been found to have, or have admitted to having, taken illegal performance-enhancing drugs, prohibited recreational drugs or have been suspended by a sports governing body for failure to submit to mandatory drug testing.
First, by decreasing water retention and thus decreasing an athlete's weight, an important consideration in many speed sports (e.g. track and field, speed skating), they increase the speed of an athlete. Secondly, increased urine production depletes the concentration of both the banned drugs and their metabolites, making their detection more ...
Elizabeth Holmes (2022) Criminal charge: Fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud Sentence: 11 years and three months in prison, reduced to just over 9 years Theranos was founded in 2003 on the ...
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.