CAS clears Japan’s Olympic silver medallist Ikeda of doping, overturns ban

What happened: The Court of Arbitration for Sport upheld Japanese race walker Koki Ikeda's appeal against World Athletics, clearing the Tokyo Olympic silver medallist of an anti-doping rule violation and making him immediately eligible to compete. Key numbers: Ikeda, 28, was provisionally suspended in November 2024 and given a four-year sanction by the Athletics Integrity Unit in February Why it matters: The panel accepted that several readings in his Athlete Biological Passport were abnormal but found a reasonable non-doping explanation, and concluded the charge had not been established.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport upheld Japanese race walker Koki Ikeda's appeal against World Athletics, clearing the Tokyo Olympic silver medallist of an anti-doping rule violation and making him immediately eligible to compete.

The panel accepted that several readings in his Athlete Biological Passport were abnormal but found a reasonable non-doping explanation, and concluded the charge had not been established.