WADA

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) established in 1999 is an independent international agency constituted and funded by the sports movement and the governments of the world. WADA works towards a vision of a world where all athletes compete in a doping-free sporting environment. Initially funded by the International Olympic Committee, WADA now receives half of its budgetary requirements from them, with the other half coming from various governments throughout the world. Its governing bodies are also composed in equal parts by representatives from the sporting movement (including athletes) and governments of the world. The agency's key activities include scientific research, education, development of anti-doping capacities and monitoring of the World Anti-Doping Code – the document harmonizing regulations regarding anti-doping in all sports and countries. It also produces an annual list of prohibited substances and methods that sportspersons are not allowed to take or use.

 Article.1

Doping is defined as the occurrence of one or more of anti-doping rule violations set forth in Article 2.1 through Article 2.8 of the Code.

Article.2

Athletes or other persons shall be responsible for knowing what constitutes an anti doping rule violation and the substances and methods which have been included on the prohibited list.

Article.2.1

Presence of a prohibited substance or its metabolites or markers in an athlete’s sample.

Article.2.2

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

Article.2.3

Refusing or failing without compelling justification to submit to sample collection after notification as authorised in applicable anti-doping rules or otherwise evading sample collection.

Article.2.4

Violation of applicable requirements regarding athlete availability for out of competition testing, including failure to file required whereabouts information and missed tests which are declared based on rules which comply with international standard for testing. Any combination of three missed tests and/or filing failures within an eighteen month period as determined by anti-doping organisations with jurisdiction over the athlete shall constitute an anti-doping rule violation.

Article.2.5

Tampering or attempted tampering with any part of doping control.

Article.2.6

Possession of prohibited substances and prohibited methods.

Article.2.7

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

Article.2.8

Administration or attempted administration to any athlete-in competition of any prohibited method or prohibited substance or any administration or attempted administration to any athlete out-of-competition of any prohibited method or any prohibited substance that is prohibited out-of-competition or assisting, encouraging, aiding, abetting, covering up or any other type of complicity involving an anti-doping rule violation or any attempted anti-doping rule violation.

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http://www.wada-ama.org/rtecontent/document/code_v2009_en.pdf

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• EHICS, FAIR PLAY  AND HONESTY
• HEALTH
• EXCELLENCE IN PERFORMANCE
• CHARACTER AND EDUCATION
• FUN AND JOY
• TEAMWORK
• DEDICATION AND COMMITMENT
• RESPECT FOR RULES AND LAWS
• RESPECT FOR RULES AND OTHER PARTICIPANTS
• COURAGE
• COMMUNITY AND SOLIDARITY

WADA has approved stricter punishments for athletes found guilty of doping doubling bans to four years. The new code will come into effect from 1^st January 2015 means offenders will miss at least one Olympic Games.

WADA new code changes

• Bans for drug cheats will go up from two to four years.
• Introduces more flexibility in the punishment of athletes who are found to have mistakenly taken banned substances or who co-operate with doping investigations.
• Stronger powers for anti-doping authorities to punish coaches and trainers who help athletes dope.
• More emphasis on investigations away from drug tests to catch cheats.
• Allows WADA to tell sports for which illegal substances they should be testing.