Category: Olympics

Oleg tested positive for meldonium

Oleg says he only once tested positive for the recently banned drug.

But was banned for 4 years.

He’ll appeal the ban.

Meldonium was added to the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) list of banned substances effective 1 January 2016 because of evidence of its use by athletes with the intention of enhancing performance. …

 A high prevalence of meldonium use by athletes in sport was demonstrated by the laboratory findings at the Baku 2015 European Games. 13 medallists or competition winners were taking meldonium at the time …

Meldonium use was detected in athletes competing in 15 of the 21 sports …

Most of the athletes taking meldonium withheld the information of their use from anti-doping authorities by not declaring it on their doping control forms as they should have. Only 23 of the 662 (3.5%) athletes tested declared the personal use of meldonium. However, 66 of the total 762 (8.7%) of athlete urine samples analysed during the Games and during pre-competition tested positive for meldonium. …

USAG MAG Team funding

Though the American men’s team Olympic selection was slightly less controversial and slightly more transparent than WAG, it was still criticized.

For one thing, FUNDING didn’t align with team selection they way you would have expected.

With Men’s NCAA in decline … AND questionable support for the Men’s National team, you have to be concerned for future competitiveness of the U.S. Men’s team.

Olympians can share online

We know your closest family and friends can’t be with you in Tokyo, but we’ve developed a way for you to celebrate your most precious Olympic moments and your once-in-a-lifetime experiences.

The Athlete Moment will bring together you, your families and friends in a virtual hug that will reach around the world.

How it works.

Elvira Saadi suspended by Gymnastics Canada

Prominent Canadian gymnastics coach Elvira Saadi has been suspended by Gymnastics Canada since late 2020, pending an investigation into abuse allegations, the sport’s national federation confirmed to TSN. …

Gymnastics Canada expects the results of a third-party investigation of Saadi within the next month …

Canadian gymnastics coach suspended after abuse allegations

Brooklyn Moors is being coached by Dennis Vachon at the Olympics.