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Ohuruogu's Olympic flame burns bright.

November 29th 2007 01:14

Christine Ohuruogu will be allowed to compete for Great Britain at any future Olympic Games a 3 man panel announced yesterday.

After missing 3 random out of competition drugs tests the 23 year old London based athlete was banned for a year and under current BOA rules – would be stripped of eligibility for any future Olympic Games representation for Great Britain

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Jones results annulled

November 26th 2007 12:31

The IAAF have announced that all the results of sprinter Marion Jones dating from September 2000 to September 2007 have been annulled.

Jones has also been instructed to return all awards, medals and prize money won during that period which means her 5 olympic medals and 3 world championship medals will have to be given back to the authorities

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Pound agrees to meet with Conte.

November 22nd 2007 16:10

Out going WADA supremo Dick Pound has sensationally agreed to meet the infamous Victor Conte to talk about the war on doping.

In previous interviews Conte had said that whilst the IAAF were happy engage him on such matters WADA were less that receptive to his ideas but Pound said, “(Conte) said 'Wada has never called me' - I'm calling him. We're setting up a meeting

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WADA Softens drugs stance with new doping code

November 18th 2007 16:27

The IAAF had announced a doubling of the potential punishment for first time drugs offenders.

Offenders could now face a ban of up to four years for first time offences if ‘aggravating circumstances’ are involved

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Raging Hormones

November 16th 2007 21:00

Ok this represents quite a departure from how I usually run this site but it really was too good an opportunity to miss out on.

Over 18 months ago (April 06) I published an article on Human Growth Hormone detailing its effects, possible side effects and claiming that it is undetectable

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WADA: "We can't test for Human Growth Hormone."

November 16th 2007 13:46

WADA Director General David Howman has admitted that abuse of Human Growth Hormone in sport is out of control.

“Not only is (HGH) used probably with total impunity, it's probably being used in conjunction with other bad substances

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Who was Jesse Owens?

November 11th 2007 19:27

History will recall that Jesse Owens claimed 4 gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics but there is so much more to it than simple hardware

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Thanou unlikley to prosper from Jones scandal.

November 9th 2007 22:45

The International Olympic Committee have announced that disgraced Greek sprinter Katerina Thanou is unlikely to be upgraded from the silver medal to the gold medal for the 100m at the Sydney Olympic games following Marion Jones disqualification for drugs offences.

The president of the Olympic movement Jacques Rogge stated that athletes must be ‘clean’ in order for an upgrade of position to be possible

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Big changes for European championships.

November 7th 2007 22:22

The European Athletics Association has announced that from 2012 the European Athletics Championships will be held biannually instead of every four years as is the current format.

The reasons for this are simple according to the Director General of European Athletics Christian Milz

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Radclife returns to form in the Big Apple.

November 5th 2007 16:22

Paul Radcliffe yesterday won her second New York marathon and her first race since giving birth to baby Isla 10 months ago.

The marathon world record holder managed to hold off great rival Ethiopian Gete Wami in sunny and dry conditions with a fabulous sprint finish to record a time of 2 hours, 23 minutes and 9 seconds

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A word on patriotism in sport

November 1st 2007 15:29

They say that sport is the cousin of war and to the layman of athletics, the person who once a year tunes into the television coverage of the latest major athletics event, what side an athlete is on matters a great deal.

It represents a solitary chance to express the patriotism that goes unmarked in every other vestige of society

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