SEOUL, Feb. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s anti-doping body said Wednesday it is investigating purchases of banned performance enhancing substances by 15 local athletes. The Korea Anti-Doping Agency (KADA) said it received the list of 15 athletes from the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety earlier in the day. KADA said it will not [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — The International Olympic Committee (IOC) said Friday it carried out more than 14,000 doping tests last year ahead of the PyeongChang Winter Olympics, marking a whopping 70 percent on-year growth. The IOC said the tests were conducted between April and December on around 6,000 athletes from 61 countries taking [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea has retained its board membership in the world’s top sports anti-doping body, officials here said Wednesday. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism said South Korea was re-elected as an Asian representative on the Foundation Board at the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). Asian countries cast their votes [...]