Doping in other sports?

[Oldman]

I don't think so because he was so popular and such a media darling (heh, sounds like Pog), and much like in cycling track and field is not really interested in popping its biggest stars, current and probably even past.

They've gotten some of his American challengers and I think a few Caribbean sprinters; both male and female in the last several years. I think he's far enough removed to be hard to prosecute and many new, questionable record holders in almost every track discipline suddenly very hot.
It'd be like taking Indurain to task for current GT winners. The UCI doesn't seem interested what with blaming the host country for citizens and non-citizens alike protesting international affairs. Another thing they can't/won't do anything about except pass blame.

 

[Invicituz]

The doping authorities have scored a 180, as darts thrower is suspended over a failed doping test:

Darts star banned for failing drugs test with investigation underway

Rusty-Jake Rodriguez has been provisionally suspended from all darts events after failing a doping test.

www.express.co.uk

 

[Oldman]

The doping authorities have scored a 180, as darts thrower is suspended over a failed doping test:

Darts star banned for failing drugs test with investigation underway

Rusty-Jake Rodriguez has been provisionally suspended from all darts events after failing a doping test.

www.express.co.uk

Typical loser wannabee; ranked 138. What was it? Ritalin and banned trans-fats in his donut training "supplement"?
"Honest! I thought the donuts where gluten free!"

 

[RedheadDane]

Not drugs, and a bit old, but... DAMN!

Cheating scandal rocks world stone skimming championships

Several competitors on the Scottish island of Easdale used stones that were ground down to be perfectly circular.

www.bbc.com

BTW, love the headline!

 

[Unchained]

I think that screaming fanatics that tossed beer on golf wives and families should get tested. Golf obviously has a drug problem, it just might not be the players

 

[Rob5091]

If, I wondered, a man seems to have no problems with doping people, then how about when the same man gets involved with horses? It started with Milan Erzen and Bahrain but I think UAE can be included ...
https://www.delo.si/polet/milan-erzen-selitev-v-bahrain-2-del (from 2018)

My friend Khalid Boulami from Morocco, who won a bronze medal in the 5000 metres at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, lives in Bahrain. We have remained on good terms ever since, and it was he who invited me to Bahrain in 2012, when I was still the sports director at Adria Mobil.

What were your first projects in Bahrain?

First, we started building a training center for racehorses, with high-altitude sleeping rooms, treadmills, with a 100m swimming pool for training the cardiovascular system, where horses do not strain muscles and tendons. In horses, the biggest problem is injuries.

https://www.chronofhorse.com/article/doping-scandal-rocks-middle-east-endurance/ (from 2013)

Prominent European federations are pressuring the Fédération Equestre Internationale to “clean up” endurance riding in the Middle East, citing the high incidence of doping and equine fractures in the area.

It has now emerged that more than 20 endurance horses trained in Dubai at barns owned by members of the Maktoum family have been involved in doping cases since 2005. The Tribunal has banned several horses for welfare reasons, one of them Lienka, an older mare at Al Aasfa. In imposing her 24-month suspension the Tribunal cited Bin Shafya’s failure to “unequivocally explain the occurrence of the 2009 and 2010 anti-doping cases of horses in their care.”

Sheikh Mohammed’s brother Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid owns the Seeh Al Salaam endurance barn in Dubai. Its main trainer Ali Mohammed Al Muhairi is currently serving four years, equestrian sport’s longest ban, for his second doping offense. The length was influenced by his disrespect for an existing suspension, according to Tribunal reports, during which he entered the field of play. He was snapped in a press photo, standing on a winner’s podium onto which Al Muhairi claimed he had been invited by the general secretary of the UAE Equestrian Federation. Al Muhairi was first banned for 10 months when the horse Sudan tested positive to etorphine, an opioid analgesic. At that time, the FEI Tribunal viewed “with abhorrence” the riding of a horse for 100 miles on this substance.

Top endurance rider Christine Yeoman told Horse & Hound magazine: “You’re always going to be one step behind them; they have the most amazing facilities. But at least if you knew they weren’t using drugs you could compete. They [the Middle East] will compromise their horses; we won’t.”

From 2015,
https://apnews.com/bahrains-sheikha...ping-offense-cf0e089692db49a9aa66c2e4ae4dada7

A member of Bahrain’s royal family, Sheikha Najla Bint Salman Al Khalifa, has been given a two-year ban by equestrian sport’s ruling body after her horse Salahdin Du Lauragais failed a doping test Italy in last year.

From 2023, https://www.horseandhound.co.uk/news/bahrain-lose-world-team-endurance-gold-medal-doping-case-827985

Bahrain has been stripped of its world endurance team gold medal after one of its horses tested positive for an anabolic steroid at the re-scheduled championships in Butheeb, UAE, (20–26 February).

and so it goes on and on .... The quote about "they have the most amazing facilities" (i.e. money) could be used about cycling and if the same attitiude to cyclists is common then it would explain a lot.
Edit - add- of course the wonder drug SGF 1000 came from horse racing originally and Piccolo was apparently carrying into Italy when he got busted.

 

[Rob5091]

Just to follow up on the my post above this one - why the heck would a guy with nearly unlimited money get a ex-cyclist and 3rd tier team coach, to train him for triathlons and train his race horses?

Also Erzen's buddy from Morocco, Khalid Boulami, had an interesting sideline after hanging up his spikes in 2017, namely, enticing young athletes away to other countries. Presumably to Bahrain where he lives.
https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/20...yal-athletics-federation-frma-khalid-boulami/

The Royal Moroccan Federation of Athletics (FRMA) on Wednesday accused a “well-known” former Moroccan athlete of encouraging Moroccan athletes to represent foreign institutions for his own financial gain.

The statement issued on June 28 says that the athlete in question “has made it his business and operates with his accomplices around these establishments and during national competitions, to entice the young athletes and make them an offer of a better sporting career.” ... Le360 have alleged that the athlete in question is Olympic medallist Khalid Boulami, whose initials “K. B.” were given in a report by Al Massae on Wednesday.

 

[Invicituz]

Conor McGregor given 18-month ban for breaking UFC’s anti-doping rules:

Conor McGregor given 18-month ban for breaking UFC’s anti-doping rules

The former two-division champion Conor McGregor missed three sample collections last year, Combat Sports Anti-Doping announced

www.theguardian.com

 

[Sciatic]

If, I wondered, a man seems to have no problems with doping people, then how about when the same man gets involved with horses? It started with Milan Erzen and Bahrain but I think UAE can be included ...
https://www.delo.si/polet/milan-erzen-selitev-v-bahrain-2-del (from 2018)


https://www.chronofhorse.com/article/doping-scandal-rocks-middle-east-endurance/ (from 2013)



From 2015,
https://apnews.com/bahrains-sheikha...ping-offense-cf0e089692db49a9aa66c2e4ae4dada7

From 2023, https://www.horseandhound.co.uk/news/bahrain-lose-world-team-endurance-gold-medal-doping-case-827985

and so it goes on and on .... The quote about "they have the most amazing facilities" (i.e. money) could be used about cycling and if the same attitiude to cyclists is common then it would explain a lot.

The horse: “I’m tranquillo”

 

[TheKidsCallMeBoss]

Chepngetich banned for three years - https://www.reuters.com/sports/wome...ngetich-banned-three-years-by-aiu-2025-10-23/

The thing I find weird about corrupt sports like athletics is that Nike or Adidas never get in trouble for stuff like this. They are undoubtedly involved in doping and are profiting from selling €500 shoes to fools thanks to performances like Chepngetich's WR.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Chepngetich banned for three years - https://www.reuters.com/sports/wome...ngetich-banned-three-years-by-aiu-2025-10-23/

The thing I find weird about corrupt sports like athletics is that Nike or Adidas never get in trouble for stuff like this. They are undoubtedly involved in doping and are profiting from selling €500 shoes to fools thanks to performances like Chepngetich's WR.

Nike has supported and sponsored so many top athletes throughout the years, but once an athlete is popped they're like, nope, can't be associated with that. So they act all shocked and surprised and they withdraw their support and sponsorship.. heh, I think they know full well the athletes are doped up to their eyeballs, but as long as they are winning and aren't caught doping they simply don't care.

 

[TheKidsCallMeBoss]

Nike has supported and sponsored so many top athletes throughout the years, but once an athlete is popped they're like, nope, can't be associated with that. So they act all shocked and surprised and they withdraw their support and sponsorship.. heh, I think they know full well the athletes are doped up to their eyeballs, but as long as they are winning and aren't caught doping they simply don't care.

Often Nike doesn't even care about optics. They sponsored the serial doper Gatlin. I guess it helps them that the president of the athletics federation was on their payroll for almost four decades. They probably still pay him under the table.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Often Nike doesn't even care about optics. They sponsored the serial doper Gatlin. I guess it helps them that the president of the athletics federation was on their payroll for almost four decades. They probably still pay him under the table.

Gatlin became such a joke, but he still kept on coming back after his bans...

I'm trying to remember the coaches and athletes Nike was going to name buildings after but changed or renamed the buildings after scandals came about: Alberto Salazar, Lance Armstrong, and worst of all, Joe Paterno. Do you know of any more?

 

[TheKidsCallMeBoss]

Gatlin became such a joke, but he still kept on coming back after his bans...

I'm trying to remember the coaches and athletes Nike was going to name buildings after but changed or renamed the buildings after scandals came about: Alberto Salazar, Lance Armstrong, and worst of all, Joe Paterno. Do you know of any more?

So far, I think only these three buildings have been renamed. But it was quite insane that the childcare building was named after Paterno.

 

[Sciatic]

So far, I think only these three buildings have been renamed. But he was quite insane that the childcare building was named after Paterno.

I root against Penn State every time they have a game on TV. It’s not just what Paterno allowed to happen but the defiance of that whole community in defending him to the teeth—and building a statue to him. I find their “white out” games highly ironic as a manifestation of their holier-than-thou attitude.

 

[Rob5091]

I've posted before about Middle Eastern endurance horse racing and the likelihood of it being used as a testing ground for cyclists and other athletes. Gene editing is apparently the latest thing in horse racing, which shows how bad things have got -
https://trainermagazine.com/europea...-the-future-perspectives-in-breeding/2025/7/1

This shift from theory to application became strikingly evident in October–November 2024, when Argentina’s biotech firm Kheiron Biotech announced the birth of five genetically edited polo foals, marking the world's first CRISPR‑Cas9–engineered equine athletes.

The other things mentioned in the article are mirrored in pro-cycling, EPO. HIF, growth hormones etc etc.

 

[Rob5091]

Maybe not horse racing, but camel racing - from December 2025 - a good recovery agent?
https://analyticalsciencejournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/dta.70011

We report the misuse of a novel synthetic glucocorticoid, 9α-fluoro-6α-methylprednisolone (9F6MP) for the first time in camel racing and, to the best of our knowledge, human or other animal sports. During routine post-race drug testing of cameline plasma samples using liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry we encountered an unknown peak with the same selected reaction monitoring traces as a dexamethasone formate adduct but at a different retention time. The product ion mass spectrum of the unknown peak in negative ion mode was identical to dexamethasone. However, significant differences were observed in positive ion mode. Based on mass spectral analysis, we postulated the unknown peak to be a 6-methyl-16-nor isomer of dexamethasone. Following the procurement of a commercial 9F6MP reference material, the unknown peak was successfully identified as this substance. Interestingly, previous research predicted a high potential for glucocorticoid and anti-inflammatory activity for 9F6MP. However, the therapeutic use of 9F6MP in camels has not been approved by any authorities, and any toxicities and side-effects potentially caused by 9F6MP have not been thoroughly evaluated. Therefore, the misuse of 9F6MP should be strictly controlled for the sake of animal welfare and the integrity of camel racing. The information described in this case report will be beneficial for other anti-doping laboratories in both human and animal sports for the purpose of doping control.

https://www.musechem.com/product/9α-fluoro-6α-methylprednisolone-r031901/

9α-Fluoro-6α-methylprednisolone（Cat No.:R031901）is a synthetic corticosteroid derivative, structurally modified from prednisolone. The introduction of a fluorine atom at the 9α position and a methyl group at the 6α position enhances its anti-inflammatory and glucocorticoid activity while reducing mineralocorticoid effects. These modifications improve its potency and reduce the risk of water retention and electrolyte imbalances, making it effective for treating conditions like asthma, rheumatoid arthritis, and allergic reactions. As a potent anti-inflammatory agent, it also minimizes adverse side effects compared to conventional corticosteroids, making it useful in both clinical and pharmaceutical applications.