Olympic medalist and OnlyFans star Alysha Newman banned after missed drug tests
Canadian Olympic pole vaulter Alysha Newman has been banned for 20 months after missing three required drug tests within a 12-month period. The Athletics Integrity Unit accepted that she had effectively retired, which reduced her suspension from the standard two years. Newman, a bronze medalist at the 2024 Paris Olympics, has also gained attention for her work on the subscription platform OnlyFans.
- ▪Alysha Newman missed three doping control tests in a 12-month period, constituting a violation of anti-doping rules.
- ▪The Athletics Integrity Unit ruled that Newman's decision to end her athletic career was a mitigating factor in her reduced 20-month ban.
- ▪Newman cited filming a television game show as the reason for missing one of the required drug tests.
- ▪She won a bronze medal for Canada in pole vault at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
- ▪The ban will expire in August 2027.
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Olympics Olympic medalist and OnlyFans star Alysha Newman banned after missed drug tests By Jackson Thompson, Fox News Published May 1, 2026, 5:04 p.m. ET Originally Published by: Fever star Caitlin Clark avoids serious injury after scary fall Trump weighs in on LIV Golf, PGA Tour after Saudis pull funding of startup league Georgia's Kirby Smart says Big Ten is 'more competitive conference' than SEC Team Canada is under the microscope again. Canadian Olympic bronze medalist pole vaulter and OnlyFans star Alysha Newman has been banned from her sport for 20 months after missed drug tests, though track and field investigators accepted she had ended her career as a pole vaulter. Newman won bronze for Canada at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
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