WORLD ANTI-DOPING CODE NEEDS ADAPTING FOR TEAM SPORTS Ilustration: uefa.com The World Anti-Doping Code needs adapting for team sports, whose international federations are well placed to handle the peculiarities particular to their testing programmes, heard delegates at Day Two of the UEFA Anti-Doping Symposium, which took place in London on Friday 23 November….
WADA published 2017 Annual Report The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) on 05. October 2018 published its 2017 Annual Report, which outlines the Agency’s achievements that have led to a strengthened WADA and global anti-doping system. Under the title Looking Back and Moving Forward, the Annual Report is an important element of WADA’s commitment to accountability and transparency. …
WADA 2019 List of Prohibited Substances and Methods Ilustration: WADA The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) on September 28, 2018, publishes the 2019 List of Prohibited Substances and Methods (List); the 2019 Summary of Major Modifications and Explanatory Notes; and the 2019 Monitoring Program. The List, which was approved by WADA’s Executive Committee (ExCo)…
USADA HAS RECOGNIZED A POSITIVE TESTED ATHLETE FOR OSRATINE Photo: USADA According to a USADA announcement dated August 31, 2018, was positively tested wrestler Victoria Francis of Colorado Springs, Colo., for banned substance ostarine (Group S1, 2 – Other Anabolic Substances, Subgroup Selective Androgen Receptor Modulators / SARMs / 2018 Prohibited List). The…
THE FIGHT AGAINST DOPING IN ATHLETICS WAS DISCREDITED – THE IAAF IS NOW TRYING TO BREAK THE NEW POSITION Illustration: mediathek.daserste.de Das Erste / ARD provided during the European Championships Berlin 2018 TV news with the latest views of three anti-doping experts: Pedro Branco, Head of Anti-Doping Commission EAA (ADC EAA) Brett…
SURVEY: ATHLETES FEEL PRESSURE OF WIN-AT-ALL-COSTS CULTURE A majority of U.S. athletes responding to an anti-doping survey said they feel pressure from higher-ups to win medals, and the spotlight shines only on those who pile up victories. Though athletes have often cited the win-at-all-costs culture as a reason they cheat, only a slim number of…
WADA PARTIALLY SUSPENDS STOCKHOLM LABORATORY ACCREDITATION FOR A SPECIFIC ANALYTICAL METHOD Illustration: wada-ama.org The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has partially suspended the Doping Control Laboratory at the Karolinska University Hospital (Stockholm Laboratory) as it relates to the Gas chromatography combustion isotope ratio mass spectrometry (GC/C/IRMS) method. This partial suspension was imposed due to a…
The 2018 Wimbledon runner-up believes she is being unfairly targeted. Former world No.1 Serena Williams has slammed anti-doping officials over the amount of times she is getting tested for prohibited substances. Photo: Serena Williams (zimbio.com) Williams, who has won 23 grand slam titles, wrote on her personal Twitter account that she believes…
MOBILE APPLICATIONS IN THE DOPING CONTROL SYSTEM MODOC – Mobile doping controls A NEW LEVEL OF ANTI-DOPING CONTROL The fight against doping is a complex and very sophisticated system of rules, procedures, information and activities, not excluding the doping control system. Under the term doping control, we understand not only sampling of…
Mechanical doping: UCI to announce use of X-ray cameras on Grand Tour stages Illustration / Photo: Steve Tilford X-ray cameras will be used on Grand Tour stages and Classic races this season to prevent riders hiding motors in their bikes. It is one of a raft measures being announced by the International…
