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Belarusian Hammer Throwers Trying to Dodge Drug Ban

Tuesday, January 6th, 2009

The sports arbitration committee announced today that Vadim Devyatovskiy and Ivan Tsikhan will appeal the December ruling from the IOC disqualifying the two athletes for failed drug tests at the 2008 Olympics.

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No Olympics for Powerlifting

Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) refused to recognize the International Powerlifting Federation (IPF), landing a crushing blow to the IPF's efforts to enter mainstream competition.  Citing the high frequency of positive doping tests amongst international, regional, and national powerlifters, the IOC Executive Board voted against recognition of the dominant powerlifting organization. … Read More

IOC Going to put the Hammer Down on Drugs

Thursday, November 27th, 2008
[caption id="attachment_177" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Vadim Devyatovskiy and Ivan Tsikhan "]Vadim Devyatovskiy and Ivan Tsikhan [/caption]

Belarusian hammer throwers Vadim Devyatovskiy and Ivan Tsikhan were each found guilty of having testosterone in their system.Read More