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Olympics: Bahrain runner Alsadik Mikhou suspended for suspected blood doping
Blood doping artificially boosts the blood's ability to bring more oxygen to muscles thus improving performance.
Sun Aug 08 2021
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Olympics - Russian athletes among most tested going into Tokyo Games
The International Testing Agency started out-of-competition testing when the Olympic village opened on July 13.
Thu Jul 22 2021
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Weightlifting - Lifters under pressure as doping puts Games future at risk
Romania, Thailand and Malaysia have been barred as report said there were nearly 150 "unresolved" anti-doping cases between 2009 and 2019.
Fri Jul 02 2021