The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Executive Committee and Foundation Board identified three groups of non-compliant anti-doping organizations in its November 25th Code Compliance Report. Board members voted to delay the official declaration of non-compliant anti-doping organizations until May 2009 (”WADA names ICC, FIVB among non-compliant federations,” November 26).
WADA finally offers some transparency by exposing anti-doping agencies that have failed to comply with the WADA code. WADA’s transparency was criticized after the Beijing Olympics when observers reported that half of the countries failed to comply with “whereabouts” ruling (i.e. Out-of-Competition testing (OOCT)). The Code Compliance report divided non-compliant national anti-doping organizations into three groups based on the nature and degree of non-compliance. … Read the rest of this entry »
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Executive Committee and Foundation Board is meeting in Montreal, Canada this weekend to evaluate the implementation of steroid and anti-doping regulations by national anti-doping agencies. Countries that have failed to full implement the anti-doping code espoused by WADA will be cited as non-compliant. Compliance to the WADA code by signatories is considered mandatory. The first WADA Code Compliance Report will be posted on the WADA website on November 25, 2008 (”Press Conference with WADA President on November 23 Following Foundation Board Meeting,” November ).
The World Anti-Doping Code—the document harmonizing regulations regarding anti-doping in all sport and all countries—assigns WADA the responsibility of monitoring and reporting on the implementation and enforcement of the Code by its signatories. The objective of this monitoring and reporting is to ensure efficiency of the harmonized fight against doping in sport and fairness to the athletes so that they benefit from strong and fair anti-doping policies and protection that are the same for all, no matter the sport, nationality or country where tested. Following a two-year review process, the Board will discuss the compliance report and determine which anti-doping organizations are not compliant. As required under the Code, the list of non-compliant organizations will be posted on WADA’s Web site on November 25.
The WADA board will also the achievement of milestone of over 100 countries who have ratified the UNESCO International Convention against Doping in Sport which seeks to “apply the force of international law to anti-doping.”
Anti-Doping Research Inc. (ADR) has been granted 501(c)(3) nonprofit status by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). ADR was founded by famed steroid hunter Don Catlin after he retired as the long-time director of UCLA Olympic Analytical Lab. Catlin is probably best known for his discovery of the previously undetectable designer steroid tetrahydrogestrinone (THG). This set in motion a chain of events that led to the BALCO steroid scandal which implicated athletes in various elite sports.
ADR’s new status as a public charity will allow its contributors to claim a tax deduction for their donations. ADR is also developing innovative programs for athletes, organizations and the general public to get involved in the battle against doping in sport and help make a difference.
Founded in 2005, ADR is considered one of the world’s most renowned performance-enhancing drug research organizations. Its mission is to help rid sport of performance-enhancing drugs by, among other means, identifying new drugs being used in competition and developing the tests to detect them.
As an a public charity, ADR is largely prohibited from lobbying and campaigning in support of legislation. However, they are permitted to provide “steroid education” and fund and conduct research that supports their political stance on steroids and doping without overtly advocating specific anti-doping or legislation on performance enhancing drugs. … Read the rest of this entry »
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