Olympic pole vault medalist Alysha Newman banned for missed drug tests after ending career
Olympic bronze medalist Alysha Newman has been banned for 20 months due to missing three required drug tests within a 12-month period. The Athletics Integrity Unit accepted that she had ended her career, which contributed to a reduced sanction below the standard two-year ban. Newman, 31, last competed in May 2024 and won bronze at the Paris Olympics.
- ▪Alysha Newman won a bronze medal for Canada in pole vault at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.
- ▪She missed three doping control tests in February and August 2025, violating anti-doping whereabouts rules.
- ▪The Athletics Integrity Unit accepted her retirement as a mitigating factor, reducing her ban from two years to 20 months.
- ▪At one missed test, Newman stated she had to leave to film a television game show.
- ▪Newman also earned medals at the Commonwealth Games and Pan American Games during her career.
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Open this photo in gallery:Canadian pole vaulter Alysha Newman won the bronze medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.Bernat Armangue/The Associated PressShareSave for laterPlease log in to bookmark this story.Log InCreate Free AccountOlympic bronze medalist Alysha Newman was banned for 20 months on Friday for missed drug tests, though track and field investigators accepted she had ended her career as a pole vaulter.Newman, now aged 31, took bronze for Canada at the 2024 Paris Olympics and last competed at a pair of Diamond League meetings last May in Qatar and Morocco.The Athletics Integrity Unit said Newman was unavailable for an unannounced doping control in February, 2025, and twice more in August.
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