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Eight weightlifters who previously served doping bans have won medals at Rio, while others have been sent home for failed tests.

• 15 августа 2016, 15:25

Germany's weightlifting coach has called for seven countries, including Kazakhstan, to be banned from international competition/

• 11 августа 2016, 17:51

Overshadowed by the Russian Olympic doping scandal, the sport of weightlifting has been waging its own battle against drug cheats.

• 02 августа 2016, 17:04

Kazakhstan's double Olympic champion Ilya Ilyin and three other gold medalists banned for failing dope tests at the 2012 London Olympics

• 16 июня 2016, 17:15

The head of Kazakhstan's national anti-doping centre has pledged to crack down on drug cheats ahead of the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

• 18 января 2016, 17:33

Vladimir Putin ordered an inquiry into allegations of "state-supported" drug abuse in athletics that have left Russia facing a possible Olympics ban, but insisted any punishment should be individual and not collective.

• 12 ноября 2015, 14:44

Kazakhstan's Cycling Federation considered dropping Astana Cycling Team after several doping scandals last year.

• 20 марта 2015, 14:27

The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) has requested the withdrawal of the World Tour license of Astana Pro Team following the completion of the team's audit.

• 04 марта 2015, 13:48

Kazakhstan’s boxer Almat Serimov who represents Astana Arlans boxing club has failed a doping test.

• 16 января 2015, 12:37

A doping scandal has erupted after The 2014 World Weightlifting Championships that was held in Almaty, Kazakhstan on November 8-16.

• 14 декабря 2014, 13:35

Kazakhstani Astana Pro Team has been granted a provisional license for 2015 races.

• 11 декабря 2014, 19:58

Kazakhstani cycling team Astana is not competing in the Tour of Beijing because of positive doping tests.

• 12 октября 2014, 15:07

Kazakh cyclist of Astana Proteam Valentin Iglinsky has been fired by the Kazakhstan club after his testes returned positive on erythropoietin (EPO).

• 12 сентября 2014, 17:01

The Kazakhstan Weightlifting Federation has fulfilled all the obligations towards the International Weightlifting Federation and the International Anti-doping Agency by toughening doping control in Kazakhstan.

• 11 марта 2014, 21:58

A champion weightlifter of the Summer Universiade in Kazan Farkhad Kharki has been charge with committing a doping-related offence.

• 11 марта 2014, 21:51

Kazakhstan Weightlifting Federation has been charged with a fine of $500 thousand for doping violations of several Kazakhstan athletes.

• 15 ноября 2013, 18:07

The International Weightlifting Federation has disqualified nine weightlifters from Kazakhstan.

• 06 ноября 2013, 00:40

German cycling racer Jan Ullrich, who admitted using blood-doping, might lose the medals he gained at the 2000 Olympics.

• 11 июля 2013, 12:39

Kazakhstan's Olga Tsykunova (Tereshkova) has given birth to a baby girl and has already resumed her training sessions.

• 13 февраля 2013, 17:31

A meeting of Central Asian Regional Anti-Doping Organization (CARADO) was held in Almaty under the aegis of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).

• 15 ноября 2012, 13:47