A meeting between 17 National Anti-Doping Organizations (NADOs) in Denmark this week produced reform recommendations for the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) among other things.
The NADOs met in Copenhagen for two days, discussing a wide range of topics, including how to improve the effectiveness of individual NADOs, how to better protect whistleblowers and how to strengthen WADA’s presence in international anti-doping enforcement.
The event included NADOs from Australia, Austria, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, Singapore, Switzerland, United Kingdom and the United States, plus the Institute of National Anti-Doping Organizations.
WADA released a statement on its website noting that it did not participate in the summit, but “was informed in advance that it would be held and embraced the initiative as it does all constructive proposals.”
You can read the final list of reform proposals here.
A few major points from those proposals:
- Recommendations to WADA:
- Improved monitoring systems to identify failing anti-doping systems within a country or sport.
- Adoption of clear sanctions for institutional doping systems like the one widely alleged to have happened in Russia.
- More authority for WADA to investigate and punish any breaking of WADA code.
- Independent Anti-Doping system: eliminating conflicts of interest by making sure decision-makers for anti-doping organizations do not cross over and hold decision-making positions in sporting federations or event organizing groups.
- Increased financial commitments to WADA and anti-doping organizations.
- More compensation and protection for whistleblowers like Yuliya and Vitaly Stepanov, who helped with the investigations into Russia.
The summit also made clear it was in full support of the McLaren Report, which alleged a massive state-sponsored doping campaign in Russia. The report has been criticized by some, particularly in Russia.
Recommendation to WADA is no more TUEs. Get well and then compete or quit the drug testing for everyone. People with diarrhea should not be swimming for sanitary reasons. Keep the pool and the athletes clean. If you can make exemptions for some, remove the drug from the banned list. Legitimizing cheating does not mean it’s not really cheating. If another person in the competition tests positive for the same drug and is disqualified, where is the fairness? Ban TUEs or ban the drug testing. What’s the point?
I’m fine with TUE’s, even though I know a large number of athletes will take advantage of them, just make records of them public. I understand athlete privacy is an issue, but if you are going to be competing in front of the whole world, I think you need to accept a greater level of transparency than the average person.
No TUEs within 2 weeks of domestic competition & 4 for international .If you are sick or have an asthma attack or anxiety issue get depressed – Too bad . Stay home & look after yourself .
Only then won’t it be a sick ward& the brain deficient lining up for the podium . AND NO – you will not die . There will be a twitter accout #verysickathlete & we’ll still love you .
Your swimmer Cate Campbell could have used ADHD medication to focus more on her race and worry less about anything else.
Well she could get a full 4 year Adderall waiver like Conger , focus better on races & whizz through all exams , get assignments done during her interval sets & just be the life of the party 24/7 .
FFor those who say they receive regular re affirmation diagnoses – I give you 4 friggin years dispensation .Is he a nut case that WWAWAWADA would not doubt
“TUEs are a ripe area for people to
try to get around the rules and take
banned substances without testing
positive.” Travis Tygart USADA
https://twitter.com/RogerPielkeJr/status/776204075637485569
https://t.co/SfG5QvNvWw
Please make your point clear. If you have such of course. Are you against therapeutic exemptions? What are you trying to say by making this reference to the obvious statement. By their nature any exemptions are the open door for cheating. Don’t believe it? Then ask yourself how many friends you know who are using exemptions related to the job search or home office when they are filling tax return. Do their bad examples make you automatically a cheater. No, of course not. Because you are clean.
“After Major League Baseball added amphetamines to its list of banned substances in 2007, many players appeared to exploit a loophole. They applied for what is known as a therapeutic use exemption, a waiver to use a prohibited drug for a legitimate medical reason.
Before amphetamines were barred, 28 players had received exemptions to treat attention deficit disorder. After the ban took effect, 103 players secured permission. Seemingly overnight, the number of professional baseball players with attention-deficit diagnoses soared.”
NY TIMES
By REBECCA R. RUIZ and BEN ROTHENBERG
SEPTEMBER 14, 2016
Go read NY Times article , September 14, by Rebecca Ruiz and Ben Rothenberg.
I tried to copy paste the article but was moderated.
No news yet regarding Kathleen Baker and Jack Conger’s doping files?
They are sick people Zika . They have diseases & debilitating conditins . Its amazing where you can hide a colostomy bag these days .