Duncan Mackay Editor

Duncan Mackay is the founding editor of insidethegames.biz, the world’s leading and most influential independent Olympic news website. He was voted the British Sports Writer of the Year in 2004, British News Story of the Year in 2004 and British Sports Internet Reporter of the Year in 2009. Mackay is one of Britain's best-connected journalists and during the 16 years he worked at The Guardian and The Observer he regularly broke several major exclusive stories. He was also the only newspaper journalist in Britain to correctly predict that London would win its bid for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

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Olympic 1500m champion cleared of doping by Turkey

By Duncan Mackay

Asli Çakır Alptekin celebrates her shock victory in the 1500m at London 2012 ©AFP/Getty ImagesDecember 19 - Olympic 1500 metres champion Asli Çakır Alptekin has been cleared of doping violations, it was announced today by the Turkish Athletics Federation (TAF), although the decision could be challenged by the world governing body.