Alysha Newman banned for 20 months after missed drug tests

11 articles · Updated · Fox News · May 1

The Athletics Integrity Unit said the Canadian pole vaulter missed three unannounced tests in February and August 2025, with the suspension running until August 2027.
Investigators accepted Newman had ended her pole-vault career, reducing the sanction below the standard two years for whereabouts failures under global anti-doping rules.
Newman, who won Olympic bronze in Paris in 2024 and competed in Diamond League meetings in Qatar and Morocco in May 2025, is the latest Canadian athlete embroiled in controversy.

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