Organisation: Centre for Preventive Doping Research

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

A beneficial, if depressing, week for Irish athletes

Last April one year, Carol Sharp picked up the phone in Edinburgh and put a call through to her daughter Lynsey in the United States.

Fri, 01 Aug, 2014

Wouldn’t it be amazing to watch an Olympic 100m final knowing each athlete had a catalogue of samples frozen in a lab somewhere that will be re-tested in the future?

Both at home and further afield, it’s been a busy few day in the world of anti-doping.

Tue, 15 Apr, 2014

O’Rourke hope as new test can catch cheats retrospectively

Athletes who may have deprived Irish competitors of major championship medals in the past will be identified as drug cheats thanks to new testing techniques for retrospective violations, according to a global leader in the anti-doping movement.

Thu, 10 Apr, 2014

Scientists eye new dope test amid fears cheats may try experimental drug

SCIENTISTS have found a way to identify a type of new drug which could be misused by athletes.

Fri, 09 Jan, 2009