The Anti-Doping Rules
Just as each sport has rules to determine how it is played or performed, there are Anti-Doping Rules in place to protect clean sport.
Doping is defined in the WADA Code as breaking one or more of the Anti-Doping Rule Violations.
It is much more than a positive test.
You will find the current UK Anti-Doping Rules below.
The facts - what you need to know about the 10 Anti-Doping Rule Violations
There are 10 Anti-Doping Rule Violations (ADRVs). All 10 apply to athletes and six (in bold) apply to athlete support personnel.
- Presence
- Use
- Evading, refusing
- Whereabouts failures
- Tampering or attempted tampering
- Possession
- Trafficking or attempted trafficking
- Administration, aiding, abetting
- Complicity
- Prohibited Association
What that means for you
Athletes need to make sure they are fully aware of ALL the Anti-Doping Rule Violations and what the consequences are for breaking them.
Refusing a test, as an example, could lead to 4-year ban.
And remember, ADRVs are just like the rules in sport - it’s out or it’s in, it’s an official time or it’s not - but that is not everything.
Clean sport is more than rules - it is also how you train and compete in sport, and how you conduct yourself both on and off the field of play.
What you should do
- Make sure you, your fellow athletes and your support personnel know what the ADRVs are and who they apply to.
- Review your current sporting and life habits to check you are not at risk of inadvertently doping.
- Be fully aware of the consequences of ‘not doing’ something – be that not checking your medications, not managing the risks with supplements, not taking/refusing to take a test, or not understanding that social drugs are banned too. All these could lead to a ban from sport.
- Recognise that you are a role model and younger athletes, or sport fans will look up to you. Protect ‘brand you’, your sporting career and reputation.
- Download the 100% me Clean Sport App.
Where to go for further advice
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Check your National Governing Body’s website for more information on your sports anti-doping rules
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Follow @ukantidoping on Twitter to stay up to date with new cases and alerts