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September 23, 2024
U.S. ultrarunner Camille Herron involved in Wikipedia controversy
Acclaimed American ultrarunner Camille Herron, who has more than 12 ultrarunning world records to her name, along with her coach and husband, Conor Holt, have found themselves at the centre of a Wikipedia controversy. It stems from several edits to the Wikipedia pages of ultrarunners Kilian Jornet and Courtney Dauwalter, which degraded their accomplishments, while...
September 4, 2024
Paralympics scandal: Ecuador accused of fielding non-disabled athletes
The Observatory for Monitoring Public Policy Compliance in Ecuadorian Sport (ODDE) claims that a network of corruption has been operating within Ecuador's sports institutions, allowing individuals without disabilities to fraudulently obtain "functional classifications" required to compete in Paralympic events. These accusations have been reported by the South American outlet Infobae,...
September 3, 2024
Olympic Marathon Runner Set on Fire by Her Boyfriend in Gasoline Attack Weeks After Competing at Paris 2024
A Ugandan athlete who appeared in the 2024 Paris Olympics is in critical condition after reportedly being set on fire by her boyfriend in Kenya. Distance runner Rebecca Cheptegei, 33, suffered 75 percent burns on her body after her boyfriend allegedly doused her in gasoline and set her on fire...
July 10, 2024
Boston Marathon champion gets seven year doping ban
Kenyan runner Lawrence Cherono won the 2019 Boston and Chicago marathons and currently owns the 12th-fastest marathon time in history, but he won’t be racing anytime soon. He was recently banned for seven years after he was caught using “fake documents” to justify failing a drug test. Chicago Tribune
June 27, 2024
72-year-old runner receives three-year doping ban for multiple substances
If you think you’ve seen it all in running, think again. On Wednesday, the men’s 70+ one-mile American record holder, Robert Qualls of Reno, Nev., was suspended for three years for violating U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) rules after testing positive for multiple prohibited substances. Qualls is a renowned age-group runner, having won...
June 27, 2024
Two Adidas employees out in China corruption probe
Two employees have left Adidas as a result of an ongoing investigation by the German sportswear brand into allegations of corruption in China. Adidas said last week that it was investigating “compliance violations” in China, a key market for its sportswear, after Chinese state media reported that the company’s executives in the country had been accused of embezzling...
June 21, 2024
Kaitlin Armstrong ordered to pay $15 million to family of Moriah Wilson
A judge has ordered Kaitlin Armstrong to pay $15 million to the family of Moriah Wilson as part of a civil lawsuit. Wilson’s parents filed a wrongful death civil lawsuit against Armstrong in May, six months after Armstrong was found guilty of murdering Wilson and sentenced to 90 years in prison. Judge Daniella DeSata...
June 21, 2024
EF fires Andrea Piccolo after rider reportedly caught with HGH
Piccolo has not yet been publicly charged with an anti-doping offense and the UCI has yet to comment, as the incident became public late Friday evening in Europe. An e-mail request for comment to Piccolo’s agent was not immediately returned. When reached via text message, EF general manager Jonathan Vaughters...
May 29, 2024
Miguel Ángel López handed four-year doping ban for “use and possession” of human growth hormone during 2022 Giro d’Italia
Tour de France stage winner and grand tour podium finisher Miguel Ángel López has been slapped with a four-year suspension by the UCI, after the world governing body’s Anti-Doping Tribunal ruled that the 30-year-old was guilty of possessing and using the human growth hormone menotropin during the 2022 Giro d’Italia,...
May 2, 2024
Ultrarunning con man cheated employees and charities
What seemed like a remarkable running-inspired charity endeavour has turned into a shocking tale of deception and unpaid debts. Extreme endurance athlete Tomasz Drybala of London claimed to be raising a whopping $1.3 million for UNICEF by running the circumference of the Earth, as reported in MailOnline—but it now appears that Drybala...