INTERNATIONAL WEIGHTLIFTING FEDERATION PRESIDENT TAMÁS AJÁN HAS RESIGNED AS AN HONORARY MEMBER OF THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) President Tamás Aján has resigned as an honorary member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) after he was accused of corruption in a German TV programme. The IOC said the 81-year-old, who served as…
WEIGHTLIFTING’S OLYMPIC SPOT MIGHT BE IN DANGER AMID ARD’S DOPING CLAIMS Illustration: hungarytoday.hu On Wednesday, the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) will hold an emergency meeting in Doha to address the German state broadcaster ARD’s recent report, accusing IWF and its long-time Hungarian leader Tamás Aján with systematic doping, fraud, mismanagement, and embezzlement. While some…
THE FIGHT AGAINST DOPING IN ATHLETICS WAS DISCREDITED – THE IAAF IS NOW TRYING TO BREAK THE NEW POSITION Illustration: mediathek.daserste.de Das Erste / ARD provided during the European Championships Berlin 2018 TV news with the latest views of three anti-doping experts: Pedro Branco, Head of Anti-Doping Commission EAA (ADC EAA) Brett…
INCONSISTENCIES IN OLYMPIC ANTI-DOPING FIGHT IN ASTHMATIC COMPETITION The links between the World Anti-Doping Agency and sports associations are tight. An independent doping control can not be guaranteed. Even what is ultimately doping, remains unclear: The Norwegian Olympic Team traveled, for example, with 6000 doses of asthma drugs – quite legal. Thomas Wheeler in…
