The latest information published, which relates to therapeutic use exemptions (TUEs) the athletes were granted so they could take medicine that would otherwise be banned, was stolen from the World Anti-Doping Agency’s data storage system.
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Olympic gold medallists Mo Farah, Helen Glover and Justin Rose are among the latest British athletes to have medical files made public by hackers.
The latest release suggests Farah, who completed a second successive Olympic 5,000 and 10,000m double in Rio, had a TUE in October 2008 for the use of triamcinolone.
Rafael Nadal, the 14-time Grand Slam singles champion, is among the other athletes listed.
The fourth release of data so far concerned 26 athletes from Argentina, Belgium, Burundi, Canada, Denmark, France, Britain, Hungary, Spain and the United States.
TUEs allow substances that are usually banned to be taken by an athlete in special circumstances for a verified medical need.
Rower Helen Glover, a two-time Olympic champion, 800m silver medal victor Francine Niyonsaba, swimmers Laszlo Cseh and Connor Jaeger, as well as fencing gold medal victor Gauthier Grumier are also among the latest batch of 26 athletes to have been targeted by the hackers.
The TUE records were obtained by the Fancy Bears following a phishing attack on the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada).
The Fancy Bears announced themselves on Tuesday September 13, when they published the first batch of WADA documents that included medical tests of tennis superstars Serena and Venus Williams, along with Rio Olympic gold medalist gymnast Simone Biles.
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