Viktoria Madaraz (HUN) banned four years from competitions for doping violations

Viktoria Madaraz (HUN) banned four years from competitions for doping violations

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  On November 8, 63 BC, Marcus Tullius Cicero pronounced the following famous opening sentence in his first hearing before the Roman Senate assembled in the Temple of Jupiter Stator in his Catilinarian work: “Quo usque tandem abutere, Catilina, patientia nostra? quam diu etiam furor iste tuus nos eludet? quem ad finem sese effrenata iactabit audacia?”  (How far, Catiline, will you abuse our patience? How long will this fury of yours elude us? To what end will your unbridled audacity flaunt itself?). How long, dear athletes, will you continue to abuse our patience and continue to boldly push yourselves, furiously attempting to escape intellectual honesty through doping practices ? Today, Athetes Integrity Unity, in its March 2026 bulletin, punished athlete Viktoria Madaraz (HUN) with a four-year ban from competitions for…
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Asian Half Marathon Race Walking Championships & World Athletics Race Walking Tour Bronze – Nomi (JPN)

Asian Half Marathon Race Walking Championships & World Athletics Race Walking Tour Bronze – Nomi (JPN)

Results
  Japan’s Motofumi Suwa achieved the best race of his career at the Asian Race Walking Championships – a World Athletics Race Walking Tour Bronze meeting – in Nomi, Japan, on Sunday (15). The surprise winner’s 2:58:21 marathon race walk performance was an improvement of more than six minutes on his previous PB from October. It also placed him more than a minute clear of his compatriot Hiroto Jusho who also comfortably dipped under three hours, securing second place in 2:59:31. In the women’s race, Yukiko Umeno followed up her half marathon win in Kobe last month with another comfortable victory, this time over double the distance in 3:33:47. Suwa does boast a 1:18:42 20km race walk PB but he was a modest 13th in 1:23:29 in Kobe for the…
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Race Walking Balkan Championships – Izmir (TUR)

Race Walking Balkan Championships – Izmir (TUR)

Results
  Short report of Balkan Walking Championships (Men & Women)   The Balkan Walking Championships were held in Izmir, hosted by the Turkish Athletics Federation. In the championship, held in the Inciraltı Urban Forest in the senior, U20 and U18 age categories, and featuring 64 athletes from 6 countries, Turkish national athletes won a total of 11 medals: 4 gold, 5 silver, and 2 bronze. Turkey also won 4 first-place and 1 second-place trophies as a team. Turkey became the Balkan Champion in the overall standings with 4 gold, 5 silver, and 2 bronze medals (11 medals overall). Greece came in second with 3 gold, 2 silver, and 1 bronze medal (6 medals overall), while Ukraine finished third with 1 silver and 4 bronze medals, (5 medals overall). In the…
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