Canadian Olympic bronze medalist Alysha Newman banned after missed drug tests
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Canadian Olympic bronze medalist Alysha Newman has been banned for 20 months due to three missed drug tests within a 12-month period. The Athletics Integrity Unit found her in violation of anti-doping rules, though they accepted her claim that she had retired from pole vaulting. Newman reportedly left a doping control session to film a television game show, contributing to the third missed test.
- ▪Alysha Newman won a bronze medal in pole vault at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
- ▪She missed three doping tests within a 12-month period, triggering an anti-doping violation.
- ▪The Athletics Integrity Unit accepted that Newman had ended her career as a pole vaulter.
- ▪At one missed test, Newman told officials she had to leave to film a television game show.
- ▪Three whereabouts failures in a year constitute an anti-doping rules violation.
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Olympics Canadian Olympic bronze medalist Alysha Newman banned after missed drug tests Newman told a sample collection official she had to leave immediately to film a television game show By Jackson Thompson Fox News Published May 1, 2026 4:10pm EDT Facebook Twitter Threads Flipboard Comments Print Email Add Fox News on Google close Video US men’s hockey team celebrates historic win over Canada Fox News correspondent Christina Coleman joins ‘Fox News @ Night’ to report on the U.S. men’s hockey team’s victory over Canada in the gold medal game of the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Team Canada is under the microscope again.
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