Bol’s collapse: Inside story of Olympic star’s failed drug test
Peter Bol says he was left completely confused by news that he had tested positive for EPO and opens up on his relief of the news becoming public as he fights to clear his name.
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Trans athletes set to compete in female competition
World Athletics are pushing ahead with a controversial plan to allow transgender women to compete in female competition in international track and field events in a rule change that could divide world sport.
‘20 negative tests’: Mystery over Bol drug fail
Sprinting great Matt Shirvington has revealed what really happened following Peter Bol’s positive drug test last year – a situation he describes as a ‘devastating debacle’.
27-year first: Bol has no excuse for drug test fail
An Australian track and field athlete has tested posituve for the first time since 1996. So what does history suggest Peter Bol’s fate will be?
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‘Russia’s ban boosts my confidence’
MELISSA Breen, Australia’s fastest women’s sprinter, says Russia’s Olympic athletics ban boosts her confidence that she’ll run against a field of clean rivals in Rio.
Hurdles keep on coming for Sally
IF Sally Pearson even makes it to the final of the 100m hurdles in Rio it will be the greatest accomplishment of her career, writes Mike Colman.
I had an inkling I raced drug cheats: Shirvington
MATT Shirvington, Australian sprint champion and Sydney Olympian, talks to Robert Craddock about drug cheats, role models and why Usain Bolt can fly.
Olympians on struggle street
SIMPLICE Ribouem is relying on Centrelink benefits to help him through his Olympic journey.
Will Rio Games be 100 per cent clean? No
DESPITE competition bans against Russian track and field athletes, Australian sports chiefs believe competitors in other sports will be drug cheats at Rio.
Tallent: Ban Russia, we don’t want cheats in Rio
AFTER being presented with his London 2012 gold medal, Australin race walker Jared Tallent has warned the Rio Olympics will be tarnished forever if Russia’s athletics team is allowed to compete.
Russia set to learn Olympic fate
RUSSIAN athletes have dodged 736 drugs tests in seven months and their shame files will be assessed ahead of one of the biggest calls in Olympic history.
Is Phelps really the Greatest Olympian?
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Tallent calls for Russian Rio ban
NEW Olympic champion Jared Tallent believes it will be a disgrace if Russia’s athletic team competes in Rio but another gold medallist fears for clean athletes caught in a dirty system.
Five-week regimen to put Sally back on track
SALLY Pearson’s Olympic campaign hinges on a five-week training block at home after the defending hurdles champion delivered three below-par results in Europe.
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