In light of the ongoing scandal involving 23 Chinese swimmers being allowed to compete in the Tokyo 2020 Games even after testing positive for trimetazidine, Global Athlete has sent out an open letter to the World Anti-Doping Agency stating their mistrust in the organisation and requesting transparency on the investigations taken on the swimmers’ case and actions to be taken going forward to ensure a fair playing field for all athletes. 

World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) vice-president Linda Helleland has vowed to continue with her campaign to succeed Sir Craig Reedie as President, despite failing to secure the Council of Europe nomination.

Ukraine’s Olga Abramova has been banned for one year by the International Biathlon Union (IBU) following a positive test for controversial substance meldonium.

None of the leaked data used by German broadcasters ARD in last Sunday’s programme alleging widespread doping abuse in athletics comes from the World Anti-Doping Agency’s storage system, the latter body has confirmed, adding that the “great majority of the data pre-dates the Athlete Biological Passport (ABP), which was introduced in 2009".