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Ruling in doping case set to give biathlon star Fourcade a gold 15 years after Vancouver Olympics
4 weeks ago

Ruling in doping case set to give biathlon star Fourcade a gold 15 years after Vancouver Olympics

The Hindu  

Almost 15 years after the Vancouver Olympics, a ruling by the sport’s highest court in a Russian doping case is set to give French biathlon star Martin Fourcade another gold medal. The International Biathlon Union said Tuesday that the Court of Arbitration for Sport dismissed an appeal by Evgeny Ustyugov, who crossed the line first ahead of Fourcade in the …

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Jordan Chiles likely to lose her bronze medal after appeal ruling
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Jordan Chiles likely to lose her bronze medal after appeal ruling

LA Times  

U.S. gymnast Jordan Chiles takes a break during podium training ahead of the start of the Paris Olympic Games on July 25. Jordan Chiles cried in her coach’s arms, stood on an Olympic podium with a bronze medal around her neck and then was memorialized in one of the viral moments of these Summer Games when she joined Simone Biles …

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South African Olympic champion Semenya asks for funds for legal fight
10 months, 2 weeks ago

South African Olympic champion Semenya asks for funds for legal fight

The Hindu  

Double Olympic champion Caster Semenya on Friday appealed for help funding her legal battle against regulations requiring female athletes with high testosterone to take medication as she prepares for a May hearing at the European Court of Human Rights. The 33-year-old South African athlete won a long legal battle last July against Switzerland at the Strasbourg-based international court, which ruled …

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Daley 'furious' over FINA's transgender ruling
2 years, 5 months ago

Daley 'furious' over FINA's transgender ruling

The Hindu  

Olympic diving champion Tom Daley said he is "furious" at governing body FINA's decision to restrict the participation of transgender athletes in elite women's competitions. "I was furious," he said of FINA's decision, which bans athletes who have been through any part of male puberty from elite women's competition. FINA also said it would create a working group to establish …

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Banned Olympic medallist now charged for false evidence
4 years, 5 months ago

Banned Olympic medallist now charged for false evidence

The Hindu  

Olympic race walk silver medallist Maria Guadalupe Gonzalez lost her appeal against a four-year ban for doping and faced new charges on Tuesday for using false evidence. The Athletics Integrity Unit published a ruling from the Court of Arbitration for Sport which dismissed an appeal this month by the 20-kilometer walk runner-up at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics. Gonzalez …

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