Anti Doping Rules

 

                                                      ANTI DOPING RULES

THE 11 ANTI-DOPING RULE VIOLATIONS:

1) PRESENCE

The presence of a prohibited substance or its metabolites or markers in an athlete's sample.

Ban: Up to four years* Applies to athletes only.

2) USE

Use or attempted use by an athlete of a prohibited substance or a prohibited method.

Ban: Up to four years* Applies to athletes only.

3) EVASION, REFUSAL OR FAILURE

Evading, refusing, or failing to submit to sample collection.

Ban: Up to four years* Applies to athletes only.

4) WHEREABOUTS FAILURES

Whereabouts failures are considered as any combination of three missed tests and/or filing failures within a 12-month period by an athlete in a registered testing pool.

Ban: Up to two years* Applies to athletes only.

5) TAMPERING OR ATTEMPTED

TAMPERING

Tampering or attempted tampering with any part of doping control.

The 2021 Code makes it clear that engaging in fraudulent conduct (e.g. submitting falsified documents to an anti-doping organization or asking a witness to lie in their witness statement) is an act

of Tampering. From 1 January 2021, if an individual commits an act of Tampering relating to another ADRV. can receive an additional consecutive ban.

Ban: Up to four years Applies to athletes, athlete support personnel and other Persons.

6) POSSESSION

Possession of a prohibited substance.

Ban: Up to four years*

Applies to athletes and athlete support personnel

7) TRAFFICKING

Trafficking or attempted trafficking in any prohibited substance or prohibited method.

Ban: Four years to a lifetime Applies to athletes, athlete support personnel and

other Persons.

8) ADMINISTERING OR

ATTEMPTED ADMINISTRATION

Administration or attempted administration to any athlete any prohibited substance or

prohibited method.

Ban: Four years to a lifetime

Applies to athletes and athlete support

personnel

9) COMPLICITY OR ATTEMPTED

COMPLICITY

Assisting, encouraging, aiding, abetting, conspiring, covering up or any other type of

intentional complicity or attempted complicity involving an ADRV or any attempted ADRV.

Ban: Two years to a lifetime

Applies to athletes, athlete support personnel and other persons.

10) PROHIBITED ASSOCIATION

Associating in a professional or sport-related capacity with a person such as a coach, doctor, physio or trainer who is serving a ban or who has been found guilty of a criminal or disciplinary offence

equivalent to a doping violation.

Ban: Up to two years Applies to athletes, athlete support personnel and other persons.

11) ACTS TO DISCOURAGE

OR RETALIATE AGAINST REPORTING

TO AUTHORITIES

Acts that threaten or seek to intimidate another to discourage them from sharing information about doping (also referred to as whistleblowing), or retaliating against another for doing so.

Ban: Two years up to a lifetime

Applies to athletes, athlete support personnel and other Persons

Written by:

Parth Vaza