Sentence examples for doping offence from inspiring English sources

Only last week the island's 400m runner Dominique Blake received a six-year ban for her second doping offence since 2006, the Jamaica anti-doping disciplinary panel issuing the suspension after she tested positive for the stimulant methylhexanamine at last year's Olympic trials.

Although she maintained there was an innocent explanation and said she had done nothing wrong, it was a doping offence.

The CAS panel accepted the DCO should have made sure he understood the gravity of the situation but found he had committed a doping offence.

Testosterone occurs naturally in the body but if an athlete has four times the accepted normal amount, it is deemed to be a doping offence.

The BOA's appeal argues that the lifetime ban is an issue about being eligible for Team GB and is not an extra sanction for a doping offence.

"I don't think it is fair that you can get a bigger sanction for an administrative failure than for an actual doping offence.

News that Armstrong has been charged with doping offences by the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) is not news over here.

"We take a very clear stance on anti-doping and adopt a zero-tolerance policy on doping offences in Scotland".

The International Cycling Union (UCI) says it has been contacted by up to 20 sports lawyers offering free legal representation following the decision of the United States Anti-Doping Agency's (Usada) to ban Lance Armstrong for life for doping offences.

It wasn't until June 2012 that Walsh was finally vindicated when the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) banned Armstrong from competitive cycling for life for doping offences and said he had been engaged in "the most sophisticated, professionalised and successful doping program that sport has ever seen".

August 4 - Receives a two-year ban from cycling after admitting to doping offences.