NADO LEADERS REQUEST CLEAR CRITERIA AND A TRANSPARENT PROCESS FOR SELECTION OF OLYMPIC ATHLETES FROM RUSSIA.

National Anti-Doping Organizations demand clear criteria and transparency in the selection process of «Olympic athletes from Russia» Photo: Jean-Christoph Bott (EPA-EFE)   Under what conditions may Russian athletes participate in the upcoming Olympic Winter Games in PyeongChang? Still unanswered by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the heads of 19 national anti-doping organizations (NADOs) went to…

UZBEKISTAN TO CREATE NATIONAL ANTI-DOPING AGENCY

UZBEKISTAN ESTABLISHED NATIONAL ANTI-DOPING AGENCY   President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed Resolution “On organization of activities of the National Anti-Doping Agency under the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan”.    Photo: Archive of SAA   The Resolution is aimed at promoting healthy and honest sports, as well as effective…

PROJECT „SPORTS WITHOUT ANABOLICS“

PROJECT „SPORTS WITHOUT ANABOLICS“ (Only in Slovak language)   Illustration: SAA Project of the Slovak Anti-Doping Academy.   The Project was co-financed by the Bratislava, Capital City of the Slovak Republic, on the Grant Program for leisure, sports and social activities. The Project provides basic information on anabolic substances, their harmful effects on the human…

WADA HAS PUBLISHED NEW LIST OF PROHIBITED SUBSTANCES AND METHODS FOR 2019

WADA HAS PUBLISHED LIST OF PROHIBITED SUBSTANCES AND METHODS FOR 2019 The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has published the List of Prohibited Substances and Methods 2019 (hereinafter referred to as “the List”); together with a summary of substantive changes and explanations for 2019. The List shall come into effect on 1 January 2019. Ilustration: WADA…

WADA PUBLISHES TESTING FIGURES REPORT 2016

WADA 2016 TESTING FIGURES REPORT  The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) today published its 2016 Testing Figures Report (2016 Report), which summarizes the results of all the samples WADA-accredited laboratories analyzed and reported in WADA’s Anti-Doping Administration and Management System (ADAMS) in 2016. This is the second set of global testing results since the revised World…

DOPING SCANDAL WITH DOGS

IDITAROD DOPING MYSTERY: WHO SLIPPED TRAMADOL TO THE DOGS? Dallas Seavey got a kiss from one of his dogs after winning the 2014 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. Credit: Bob Hallinen/Anchorage Daily News, via Associated Press   Just when the sports world thought it had heard it all in doping — someone spiked my toothpaste,…

SUSPICION OF SYSTEMATIC DOPING IN CHINA

WADA TO INVESTIGATE CLAIMS OF SYSTEMATIC DOPING IN CHINA   (Reuters) – The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) will investigate allegations by a retired physician that systematic doping took place in Chinese sport during the 1980s and 1990s, the international anti-doping agency said in a statement.   Xue Yinxian / Photo: SCMP In a program on…

MICROCHIP TO STOP DOPING

MICROCHIP ATHLETES ‘LIKE DOGS’ TO STOP DOPING, SAYS OLYMPIANS’ CHIEF  Mike Miller, the chief executive of the World Olympians Association, has offered a controversial view Credit: AP All athletes should be microchipped like dogs to stop them from doping, one of the country’s leading sports executives has proposed. Mike Miller, the chief executive of the…