The UCI presents a robust action plan to combat technological fraud The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) today unveiled the detection methods it will use to counter technological fraud during the 2018 season and also presented innovative technologies currently in development. Fight against technological fraud – X-ray unit / ©UCI The fight against technological…
The World Anti-Doping Agency plans to use artificial intelligence in its fight against doping Olivier Niggli has revealed WADA is considering usig artificial intelligence to aid the organisation in finding irregularities in athletes’ data / Photo: Getty Images The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) plans to use artificial intelligence in its fight against doping,…
WADA seeks new partner as Berlinger exits doping control business The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has launched a search for a new supplier of sample collection kits after current partner, Swiss technology company Berlinger Special AG, said it is pulling out of the market. BEREG-Kit for urine tests / berlinger.com Berlinger’s decision…
WADA statement regarding the IOC’s decision not to reinstate the Russian Olympic Committee for the PyeongChang 2018 Games The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) acknowledges the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC’s) decision today not to lift the suspension of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) for the Closing Ceremony of the Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018. …
INCONSISTENCIES IN OLYMPIC ANTI-DOPING FIGHT IN ASTHMATIC COMPETITION The links between the World Anti-Doping Agency and sports associations are tight. An independent doping control can not be guaranteed. Even what is ultimately doping, remains unclear: The Norwegian Olympic Team traveled, for example, with 6000 doses of asthma drugs – quite legal. Thomas Wheeler in…
ARCHITECTURE AND ANTIDOPING In Domus 1021, February 2018, Cherubino Gambardella writes a letter to Michele De Lucchi. “Dear Michele, ten years ago, architecture was supposed to have transformed both the Orient and the Occident into shining, futuristic places, but it all went wrong. The fragility of authoritarian, costly construction, incapable of openness and of favouring…
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) announces the suspension of its accreditation of the Bucharest laboratory in Romania for a period of six months. This suspension was imposed due to a number of non-conformities with the International Standard for Laboratories (ISL), which on 29 November 2017, resulted in the laboratory being provisionally suspended. Since that date,…
WADA announces Independent Observer and Outreach programs for upcoming Olympic and Paralympic Games in PyeongChang 2018 MONTREAL, February 5, 2018 – The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) is pleased to outline its planned Independent Observer and Athlete Outreach programs during the upcoming 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Games in PyeongChang, South Korea, which will run from…
Olympics step up anti-doping measures The International Olympic Committee (IOC) says the upcoming games will offer the most comprehensive and independent anti-doping measures in Olympic history. Photo: Reuters / euronews Final preparations are underway in Pyeongchang, South Korea, where 2018 Winter Olympic Games are set to open on Friday. Already hard at…
Berlinger Special AG: uniform security standard for doping control kits The BEREG-KITs preferred by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) can be used throughout the coming 2018 Olympic Winter Games in PyeongChang. Their manufacturer Berlinger Special AG is also adding further security features to the product to enable any counterfeit kits to be clearly identified…
