The UCI and USADA establish partnership for collaborative testing and results management efforts
The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) and U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) today announced the establishment of a formal collaborative partnership that will allow for extensive cooperation through the sharing of relevant anti-doping information, intelligence and athlete biological passport data, and participation in joint investigations, testing missions, and other initiatives.
U.S. Anti-Doping Agency Open to Reducing Armstrong Ban
(ATR) USADA chief executive Travis Tygart is open to cutting Lance Armstrong's life ban if disgraced cyclist cooperates with probe
Nike Drops Armstrong; IOC Waits on UCI; New Verbruggen Allegations
(ATR) Nike ends long-running endorsement of Lance Armstrong ... IOC to wait on International Cycling Union's decision whether to appeal ... Former president of UCI faces fresh bribery allegations ... More fallout inside ...
OpEd: Armstrong Saga to Touch IOC
(ATR) The IOC may have little choice to get involved in the aftermath of the doping investigation of cyclist Lance Armstrong ... Around the Rings Editor Ed Hula has more in this OpEd ...
Stadium Bidding Enters "End Game"; Glasgow Co-Comm; IOC on Lance Armstrong
(ATR) West Ham stresses commitment as decision on Olympic Stadium's fate faces another possible delay ... Commonwealth Games Federation inspects Glasgow 2014 ... IOC reviews allegations against Lance Armstrong ... More inside ...
USADA Publishes Armstrong File; IOC, Panama Meet; Judo's Birthday Gift to Putin
(ATR) U.S. Anti-Doping Agency claims Lance Armstrong was front and center in cycling's “most sophisticated, professionalized and successful doping program” ever ... IOC agrees to supervise upcoming NOC elections in Panama ... President of Russia awarded judo's 8th dan ... More inside this Olympic Newsdesk ...
Disgraced Cyclist's Golden Gesture Believed to Be Olympic First
(ATR) Olympic champion cyclist Tyler Hamilton is believed to be the first athlete to voluntarily give up an Olympic medal prior to a doping conviction.