16. December 2014
Former Olympic, New Zealand triathlete Kris Gemmell, 37, has been banned from the sport for 15 months for an anti-doping violation. Kris Gemell finished 15th at the 2012 London Olympics, also competed in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, and the 2002 and 2006 Commonwealth Games. He retired from international competition after the World Cup grand final in Auckland late in 2012. Gemmell has been suspended from sport for 15 months, though he never failed a drug test during his 17-year international...
27. September 2012
Bavarian Triathlon Association (BTV - Bayerischen Triathlon Verband) has been excluded from Germany's national governing body, Deutsche Triathlon Union (DTU). This is the temporary end of a sports policy escalation, which is really about making as much money the Bavarian Association has paid over to the DTU. The decision following a financial dispute over the annual sum of €15000, for the period of years 2009-2011, which is understood to be due to DTU adding up to an estimated €50000....
11. August 2012
The ad hoc Division of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has registered an application filed by the Swedish NOC and the Swedish Triathlon Federation against the decision of the International Triathlon Union (ITU) issued on 8 August 2012 rejecting an appeal from the Swedish NOC requesting that Lisa Norden be ranked in the first place of the women’s triathlon event, ex-aequo with Nicola Spirig of Switzerland and that a second gold medal for this event also be awarded to Lisa Norden. Lisa...
08. August 2012
Alistair Brownlee yesterday was crowned Olympic triathlon champion in an historic day for Team Great Britain with his brother Jonathan grabbing bronze medal. It was Britain's first-ever medal in the sport that made its Olympic bow in Sydney 2000. The Brownlees, split at the finish by former world champion Javier Gomez of Spain, are the first siblings to feature on the Olympic medal podium together in an individual event in more than 50 years. It could have been gold and silver for brothers, but...
13. June 2012
The three-times world champion, Emma Snowsill who won gold in Beijing by more than a minute, missed out on the team for London with Beijing bronze medallist Emma Moffatt, Emma Jackson and Erin Densham selected instead. Snowsill has had her plea for inclusion in this year's Australian Olympic team dismissed. The appeal, on largely technical grounds, was heard on Monday by an independent Olympic Appeals Tribunal in Melbourne The three-member Tribunal heard grounds from Snowsill’s legal counsel...
08. February 2012
Cadel Evans (reigning champion Tour de France) commented that the 2 year doping ban for Alberto Contador (the 29-year-old spanish cyclist) shows the sport is at the forefront in the battle and the sport was doing all it could to root out doping. But, Eddy Merckx wonders if someone is trying to 'kill cycling' ? After numerous unexplained delays, The Court of Arbitration of Sport (CAS) verdict in Lausanne, was delivered 566 days after Contador cycled triumphantly along the Champs d'Elysees in...
10. August 2010
Is there positive duty at law to prevent an athlete with a serious medical disability from perfomance, despite the player accepting the risk? Is high risk of serious inyury or death in the athletic context equivalent to euthanasia? Euthanized death is a predictable consequence of deliberate action. Accepting high risk in the athletic context is distinguishable. Athletes are often more likely able to make voluntary decisions without the burdens of incurable pain and clouding medications. Should...