Val's gold safe unless tests proven wrong
Nadzeya Ostapchuk can challenge the test results as much as she likes, but unless they're proven wrong, Valerie Adam's new gold medal is safe, New Zealand's anti-doping authority says.
View ArticleAppeal to Adams' gold unlikely to succeed
Disgraced shot putter Nadzeya Ostapchuk can challenge the drug test results as much as she likes, but unless they're proven wrong, Valerie Adam's new gold medal is safe, New Zealand's anti-doping...
View ArticleJavelin champ showered with gifts after gold
Olympic gold medalist Keshorn Walcott didn't just return to a hero's welcome in his Caribbean homeland of Trinidad & Tobago. He was also promised a check for about US$155,000, a luxury home and...
View ArticlePunish the drug cheats - NZ flagbearer Willis
Nick Willis knows all about how long it takes to get an Olympic medal back from a drug cheat, and he says sporting authorities are not doing enough to help victims like Valerie Adams.
View ArticleWake up call golden for Adams' family
Not long after ten o'clock on Monday night, the cell phone of Patricia Pupuke-Robati started ringing in the lounge of a house in Mangere, Auckland.
View ArticleMurray McCully still pushing 'Val-Gate' review
Sports Minister Murray McCully will still investigate the New Zealand Olympic Committee bungling that plagued Val Adams' build-up to the Olympic shot put final.
View ArticleAdams slams cheat, wants medal pronto
Kiwi star Valerie Adams wants to be presented with her Olympic gold medal in Europe at a major international athletics meet - "sooner rather than later" - even if that means the ceremony happening in...
View ArticleKiwi rowers heap scorn on Ostapchuk
New Zealand's triumphant Olympic rowers expressed scorn and heartfelt compassion for Valerie Adams' prolonged plight today.
View ArticleBelarus supports doping, says Adams' coach
Belarus is a country that actively helps its athletes to get around anti-doping rules, Valerie Adams' coach says.
View ArticleVal Adams still wants NZOC investigation
Newly-declared Olympic shot put champion Valerie Adams has opened up on her strained relationship with the New Zealand Olympic Committee.
View ArticleBelarusian cheat dismissed as 'raving mad'
The Belarusian government is launching its own investigation into shamed shot putter Nadzeya Ostapchuk, who has been labelled "raving mad" for claiming Valerie Adams failed a drug test in 2005.
View ArticleNadzeya Ostapchuk - a woman of mystery
She is possibly one of the most reviled people in New Zealand right now.
View ArticleShot hits fan for NZOC over Games blunders
The New Zealand Olympic Committee's golden glow is over as it faces criticism from a major sponsor and comes under scrutiny from the minister of sport.
View ArticleValerie Adams just wants to have fun
Victory was never in doubt for Valerie Adams at the Diamond League meeting in Stockholm, Sweden, yesterday.
View ArticleWill McCully's meeting achieve anything?
So the Minister for Sport has summoned representatives from the Valerie Adams camp and the New Zealand Olympic Committee to his Beehive office so he can get to the bottom of what happened in London.
View ArticleThe only way Nadzeya Ostapchuk could win
Ben Stanley traces the colliding worlds of Nadzeya Ostapchuk and Val Adams and pinpoints the event where the Belarusian athlete made her fateful decision to cheat.
View ArticleBolt keen on Rio; 400, long jump possibilities
Usain Bolt is a definite starter for another Olympic Games in four years' time, opening up the possibility of more sprint records or an attempt at other events, the six-time gold medalist said today.
View ArticleValerie Adams entry debacle review underway
An investigation into a string of administrative errors that affected shot putter Valerie Adams' Olympic performance is underway and will be robust, Sports Minister Murray McCully says.
View ArticleBelarus athletes urged to 'admit mistakes'
The president of Belarus is calling for his own debriefing into the country's abysmal display at the London Olympics, with disgraced shot putter Nadzeya Ostapchuk not the only team member to be...
View ArticleAthletics NZ in firing line over Val-Gate saga
Athletics New Zealand officials were yesterday ducking for cover after the focus for the Valerie Adams' Olympic fiasco shifted fairly and squarely onto the national track-and-field body.
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