Anti-Doping

What does doping mean?

According to the Articles 2.1-2.11of the World Anti-Doping Code doping is defined as the occurrence of one or more of the following anti-doping rule violations.

ANTI-DOPING RULE VIOLATIONS   

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

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

2.3  Evading, refusing or failing to submit to sample collection by an athlete;   

2.4  Whereabouts failures by an athlete;   

2.5  Tampering or attempted tampering with any part of doping control by an athlete or other person;            

2.6  Possession of a prohibited substance or a prohibited method by an athlete or athlete support person;

2.7  Trafficking or attempted trafficking in any prohibited substance or prohibited method by an athlete or other person;    

2.8  Administration or attempted administration by an athlete or other person to any athlete in-competition of any prohibited substance or prohibited method, or administration or attempted administration to any athlete out-of- competition of any prohibited substance or any prohibited method that is prohibited out-of-competition;            

2.9  Complicity or attempted complicity by an athlete or other person;

2.10  Prohibited association by an athlete or other person;

2.11  Acts by an athlete or other person to discourage or retaliate against reporting to authorities;