News & Updates
All the news and updates from the Athletics Integrity Unit.
1 DECEMBER 2023 - Athletics Integrity Unit Press Release
AIU Bans Santos And Disqualifies His ‘World Junior’ Title
READ IT HERE31 OCTOBER 2023 - Athletics Integrity Unit News Article
AIU Co-Hosts Collaborative Session To Strengthen Anti-Doping Intelligence And Investigations
16 OCTOBER 2023 - Athletics Integrity Unit Press Release
AIU Bans Titus Ekiru For Ten Years
READ IT HERE12 OCTOBER 2023 - Athletics Integrity Unit Press Release
Six-Year Ban For ‘Athlete-2’ Divine Oduduru
READ IT HERE19 AUGUST 2023 - Athletics Integrity Unit Press Release
AIU’s Testing Focus For Budapest 23 – Protecting The Podium And Blood-Collection Innovation
READ IT HERE17 AUGUST 2023 - Athletics Integrity Unit Press Release
AIU To Review Amusan Decision
READ IT HERE12 AUGUST 2023 - Budapest 2023 Special Edition for athletes and ASP
Budapest 2023 Special Edition for athletes and ASP – #PowerOfRespect
READ IT HERE11 AUGUST 2023 - Athletics Integrity Unit Press Release
The AIU Launches #PowerOfRespect Campaign Ahead Of World Athletics Championships Budapest 23
DOWNLOAD3 AUGUST 2023 - Shining A Light - Thought Leadership
Howman: Quality Out-Of-Competition Testing Is Crucial
DOWNLOAD7 JULY 2023 - Athletics Integrity Unit Press Release
AIU And ADAK Set 5,000 Target As Testing Ramps Up For Kenyan Athletes
DOWNLOAD3 JULY 2023 - Athletics Integrity Unit Press Release
Elite Marathoner Titus Ekiru Facing A Potential Ten-Year Ban For Four Anti-Doping Charges
DOWNLOAD1 JUNE 2023 - Athletics Integrity Unit Press Release
AIU Head Cautions Athletes About Using Popular ‘IV Therapies’
DOWNLOAD3 MAY 2023 - Athletics Integrity Unit Press Release
AIU Bans Nijel Amos For Three Years
DOWNLOAD26 APRIL 2023 - Athletics Integrity Unit Press Release
Albanian Athletics Federation President And General Secretary Banned For Competition Manipulation
DOWNLOAD17 APRIL 2023 - Shining A Light - Thought Leadership
Tampering In Athletics Doubles An Athlete’S Trouble – And Then Some!
17 APRIL 2023 - Athletics Integrity Unit Press Release
AIU Aiming To ‘Shine Light’ In Thought-Leadership Series
DOWNLOAD7 APRIL 2023 - Athletics Integrity Unit Press Release
Marathon Runners Banned 6 Months For ‘Intentional’ Bib-Swapping
4 APRIL 2023 - Athletics Integrity Unit Press Release
Disciplinary Tribunal: A Pattern Of ‘Criminal Conduct’ And ‘Medical Knowledge’ In Kenyan Tampering Cases
DOWNLOAD31 MARCH 2023 - Athletics Integrity Unit Press Release
Anti-Doping Steering Committee Presents First Report To Kenyan Government
DOWNLOAD29 MARCH 2023 - Athletics Integrity Unit Press Release
Clothier Tells Kenyan Athletes ‘We Need Your Help’
DOWNLOAD28 MARCH 2023 - Athletics Integrity Unit Press Release
Clothier: Let’s Clean Up Kenyan Athletics
DOWNLOAD10 MARCH 2023 - Athletics Integrity Unit Press Release
AIU and OCLAESP sign partnership
DOWNLOAD9 FEBRUARY 2023 - Athletics Integrity Unit Press Release
AIU Notifies And Provisionally Suspends Divine Oduduru
DOWNLOAD26 JANUARY 2023 - Athletics Integrity Unit Press Release
AIU Bans ‘Tampering’ Lempus For Five Years
DOWNLOAD19 JANUARY 2023 - Athletics Integrity Unit Press Release
AIU charges Maisevich for Tsimanouskaya’s ‘Tokyo 2020’ incident
DOWNLOAD21 DECEMBER 2022 - Athletics Integrity Unit Press Release
Natalya Antyukh’s Olympic Victory Officially Disqualified
DOWNLOAD20 DECEMBER 2022 - Athletics Integrity Unit Press Release
AIU Bans Kipyokei and Rionoripo; Charges Lempus for Presence of Triamcinolone
DOWNLOAD20 DECEMBER 2022
Frequently Asked Questions - Doping Crisis in Kenyan Athletics
DOWNLOAD13 DECEMBER 2022 - Athletics Integrity Unit Press Release
AIU bans Randolph Ross for three years
DOWNLOAD9 DECEMBER 2022 - Athletics Integrity Unit Press Release
AIU charges Albanian athletics officials and athlete
DOWNLOAD28 OCTOBER 2022 - Athletics Integrity Unit Press Release
AIU-MAiSI partnership reaping mutual rewards
DOWNLOAD14 OCTOBER 2022 - Athletics Integrity Unit Press Release
Tampering and triamcinolone central to new Kenyan charges
10 OCTOBER 2022 - Athletics Integrity Unit Press Release
AIU urges vigilance amid Ujah’s Ban
DOWNLOAD1 SEPTEMBER 2022 - Athletics Integrity Unit Press Release
Correction: Mark Otieno Odhiambo
DOWNLOAD17 AUGUST 2022 - Athletics Integrity Unit Press Release
The AIU mourns the passing of Frédéric Donzé
DOWNLOAD16 JULY 2022 - Athletics Integrity Unit Press Release
Lawrence Cherono and Randolph Ross provisionally suspended; both athletes are out of Oregon22
DOWNLOAD15 JULY 2022 - Athletics Integrity Unit Press Release
Significant improvement in domestic testing sees all athletes from high-risk countries eligible for Oregon 22
DOWNLOAD14 July 2022 - #MySportMyIntegrity, Edition 7
The seventh edition of the educational newsletter for athletes from the AIU.
READ IT HERE13 July 2022 - Athletics Integrity Unit Press Release
AIU announces a robust and innovative testing programme for Oregon 2022 in partnership with USADA
DOWNLOAD13 July 2022 - Athletics Integrity Unit Press Release
Nijel Amos of Botswana provisionally suspended after testing positive.
DOWNLOAD27 June 2022 - Athletics Integrity Unit Press Release
Okagbare’s further ban disqualifies Nigeria's 4x100 relay squad's qualifying time for the World Championships
DOWNLOAD7 April 2022 - Athletics Integrity Unit Statement
AIU statement on the Alex Schwazer matter
DOWNLOAD18 February 2022 - Athletics Integrity Unit Press Release
Disciplinary Tribunal hands Blessing Okagbare a 10-year ban for multiple breaches of the Anti-Doping Rules
DOWNLOAD23 December 2021 - #MySportMyIntegrity, Edition 6
The sixth edition of the educational newsletter for athletes from the AIU.
Read it here23 November 2021 - Athletics Integrity Unit Press Release
Court of Arbitration for Sport upholds 4-year ban imposed on Russian athlete Aleksandr Shustov
DOWNLOAD07 October 2021 - Athletics Integrity Unit Press Release
Athletics Integrity Unit issues charges against Nigerian sprinter Blessing Okagbare in relation to three disciplinary matters.
DOWNLOAD30 September 2021 - Athletics Integrity Unit Press Release
Joint statement from the IOC, World Athletics and the Athletics Integrity Unit regarding Belarusian athlete Krystsina Tsimanouskaya and the investigation involving the two coaches.
DOWNLOAD23 September 2021 - Athletics Integrity Unit Press Release
The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) has published its 2020 Annual Report, which outlines the Unit's activities and achievements during 2020.
DOWNLOAD23 septembre 2020 - L’Unité d’Intégrité de l’Athlétisme mise à jour
L’Unité d’Intégrité de l’Athlétisme (AIU) a publié son rapport annuel 2020, qui présente les activités et objectifs réalisés en 2020.
TÉLÉCHARGER12 August 2021 - Athletics Integrity Unit Press Release
AIU update on disciplinary proceedings against athletes asserted to have breached anti-doping rules during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
DOWNLOAD05 August 2021 - Athletics Integrity Unit Press Release
CAS ruling against Ukrainian race walker Nazar Kovalenko reinforces the importance of Member Federations compliance with anti-doping obligations.
DOWNLOAD31 July 2021 - Athletics Integrity Unit Press Release
Blessing Okagbare of Nigeria provisionally suspended after testing positive for human Growth Hormone.
DOWNLOAD28 July 2021 - Athletics Integrity Unit Press Release
20 athletes not eligible for Tokyo 2020 as minimum testing requirements not met by ‘Category A’ federations.
DOWNLOAD28 July 2021 - Athletics Integrity Unit Press Release
CAS upholds AIU and WADA applications and reinstates the provisional suspension of Swiss sprinter Alex Wilson.
DOWNLOAD22 July 2021 - Athletics Integrity Unit Press Release
Competition Manipulation is a threat to sport integrity: AIU identifies multiple illegitimate qualifying performances for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
DOWNLOAD20 July 2021 - Athletics Integrity Unit Press Release
Athletics Integrity Unit details its comprehensive and robust testing programme ahead of Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
DOWNLOAD05 July 2021 - Athletics Integrity Unit Press Release
CAS upholds AIU charges against Danil Lysenko and imposes a six year ban on the Russian high jumper.
DOWNLOAD02 July 2021 - Athletics Integrity Unit Press Release
CAS dismisses Brianna Mcneal’s appeal and confirms a 5 year ban for a second anti-doping rule violation.
DOWNLOAD01 July 2021 - Athletics Integrity Unit Press Release
CAS upholds AIU and WADA appeal and bans Salwa Eid Naser for two years.
DOWNLOAD22 June 2021 - Athletics Integrity Unit Press Release
Disciplinary Tribunal finds Sergey Shubenkov has no fault for an Anti-Doping rule violation.
DOWNLOAD21 April 2021 - Athletics Integrity Watch, Edition 6
The sixth edition of our newsletter, including the latest updates on Governance and Strategy, Activities and Cases updates from the AIU.
Read it here21 April 2021 - #MySportMyIntegrity, Edition 5
The fifth edition of the educational newsletter for athletes from the AIU.
Read it here16 April 2021 - Athletics Integrity Unit Press Release
Athletics Integrity Unit welcomes CAS decision to ban Christian Coleman for 18 months.
DOWNLOAD08 April 2021 - Athletics Integrity Unit Press Release
Athletics Integrity Unit welcomes guilty verdicts against nine Russian athletes based on the evidence underlying the McLaren Reports.
DOWNLOAD17 February 2021 - Athletics Integrity Unit Press Release
Five former RusAF officials - including former President, Board Member and Executive Director - guilty of Anti-doping rule violations, banned for four years.
DOWNLOAD23 December 2020 - Athletics Integrity Watch, Edition 5
The fifth edition of our newsletter, including the latest updates on Governance and Strategy, Cases, Activities and Industry Engagements from the AIU.
READ IT HERE22 December 2020 - #MySportMyIntegrity, Edition 4
The third edition of the educational newsletter for athletes from the AIU.
READ IT HERE01 September 2020 - Athletics Integrity Unit Press Release
The Athletics Integrity Unit welcomes the announcement from World Athletics of the continued support from the road running industry for strong anti-doping measures.
DOWNLOAD20 August 2020 - Athlete Advisory
Reminder on Whereabouts Responsibilities
Download13 August 2020 - Athletics Integrity Watch, Edition 4
The fourth edition of our newsletter, including the latest updates on Governance and Strategy, Cases, Activities and Industry Engagements from the AIU.
READ IT HERE11 August 2020 - #MySportMyIntegrity, Edition 3
The third edition of the educational newsletter for athletes from the AIU.
READ IT HERE03 August 2020 - Athletics Integrity Unit Update
The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) has published its 2019 Annual Report, which outlines the Units activities and achievements during 2019.
DOWNLOAD03 août 2020 - L’Unité d’Intégrité de l’Athlétisme mise à jour
L’Unité d’Intégrité de l’Athlétisme (AIU) a publié son rapport annuel 2019, qui présente les activités et objectifs realisés en 2019.
TÉLÉCHARGER21 April 2020 - Athletics Integrity Unit Press Release
Victoria Aggar and Jill Pilgrim join Athletics Integrity Unit Board.
DOWNLOAD26 March 2020 - Athletics Integrity Unit Update
Athletics Integrity Unit update regarding COVID-19.
Download5 February 2020 - Athletics Integrity Unit Press Release
Athletics Integrity Unit announces 2020 categorisation for National Federations under Rule 15 of the World Athletics Anti-Doping Rules.
DOWNLOAD18 February 2020 - Athletics Integrity Watch, Edition 3
The third edition of our newsletter, including the latest updates on Governance and Strategy, Cases, Activities and Industry Engagements from the AIU.
READ IT HERE17 February 2020 - #MySportMyIntegrity, Edition 2
The second edition of the educational newsletter for athletes from the AIU.
READ IT HERE29 January 2020 - Athletics Integrity Unit Press Release
Athletics Integrity Unit Board refers RusAF charges to the World Athletics Council and recommends considering expulsion of the federation.
DOWNLOAD21 November 2019 - Athletics Integrity Unit Press Release
Athletics Integrity Unit charges Russian Athletics Federation with obstructing an investigation and provisionally suspends several senior federation officials for tampering and complicity.
Download27 September 2019 - Athletics Integrity Unit Update
The Athletics Integrity Unit has published its 2018 Annual Report, which outlines the Units activities and achievements during 2018.
DOWNLOAD27 September 2019 - L’Unité d’Intégrité de l’Athlétisme mise à jour
L’Unité d’Intégrité de l’Athlétisme a publié son rapport annuel 2018, qui présente les activités et objectifs realisés en 2018.
TÉLÉCHARGER25 September 2019 - Athletics Integrity Unit Press Release
Athletics Integrity Unit to have wide-ranging bet monitoring during the IAAF World Athletics Championships.
DOWNLOAD24 September 2019 - Athletics Integrity Unit Press Release
Athletics Integrity Unit announces robust programme and policy updates for 2019 IAAF World Athletics Championships.
DOWNLOAD19 September 2019 - Athletics Integrity Unit Press Release
The Athletics Integrity Unit and Valencia’s Marathon and Half Marathon IAAF Gold Label Road Races join forces to further strengthen the integrity of the races.
DONWLOAD04 September 2019 - Athletics Integrity Unit Press Release
The Athletics Integrity Unit will not appeal the United States Anti-Doping Agency’s decision to withdraw its charge against American sprinter Christian Coleman of violation of the whereabouts rules under the World Anti-Doping Code.
DONWLOAD28 August 2019 - #MySportMyIntegrity, Edition 1
The first edition of the educational newsletter for athletes from the AIU.
Read it here28 August 2019 - Athletics Integrity Watch, Edition 2
The second edition of our newsletter, including the latest updates on Governance and Strategy, Cases, Activities and Industry Engagements from the AIU.
Read it here20 June 2019 - Athletics Integrity Unit Press Release
Athletics Integrity Unit confirms receipt of Moscow Laboratory data from the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).
Download08 June 2019 - Athletics Integrity Unit Press Release
Athletics integrity unit welcomes IAAF council decision on new out-of-competition testing funding mechanism for road running.
Download29 April 2019 - Athletics Integrity Watch, Edition 1
The first edition of our newsletter, including updates on Governance and Strategy, Cases, Activities and Industry Engagements from the AIU.
Read it here24 April 2019 - Athletics Integrity Unit Press Release
After Ukraine sprinters’ ban, AIU to extend its blood profiling strategy ahead of the IAAF World Championships Doha 2019.
Download02 April 2019 - Athletics Integrity Unit Press Release
Athletics Integrity Unit and Abbott World Marathon Majors announce new intelligence and testing program in groundbreaking Anti-Doping initiative.
Download01 February 2019 - Athletics Integrity Unit Press Release
Athletics Integrity Unit welcomes CAS decision to sanction 12 Russian athletes based on the evidence underlying the McLaren reports.
Download09 November 2018 - Athletics Integrity Unit Press Release
The Athletics Integrity Unit has announced the categorisation of National Federations under the new Article 15 of the IAAF Anti-Doping Rules. The new rule puts in place an advanced framework for the fight against doping in athletics.
Download02 October 2018 - WADA publishes 2019 List of Prohibited Substances and Methods
Acquaint yourself with WADA’s 2019 List of Prohibited Substances and Methods. The new list comes into force on 1 January 2019.
Download27 August 2018 - Athletics Integrity Unit Press Release
Athletics Integrity Unit and LANCET Group of Labs establish the first ever WADA-approved anti-doping laboratory in East Africa.
Download22 August 2018 - Athletics Integrity Unit Press Release
The Athletics Integrity Unit has decided not to take any further action against IAAF Senior Vice President, Sergey Bubka, in relation to the allegations made in a French newspaper in September 2017.
Download28 July 2018 - Athletics Integrity Unit Press Release
The Athletics Integrity Unit welcomes the announcement yesterday of important changes to the IAAF Anti-Doping Rules which will seriously advance the fight against doping in athletics.
Download20 July 2018 - Athletics Integrity Unit Press Release
Today we unveil a new public disclosure policy aimed to protect the integrity and reputation of the sport of Athletics by prioritising transparency, releasing the details of 109 cases currently in the Athletics Integrity Unit Disciplinary Process.
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