In this newsarticle, The IAAF, clarififies a number of points regarding positive cases for nandrolone (a recognised anabolic steroid for over 25 years) in athletics and sport in general.
This article is being written at the IAAF World Championships in Athletics in Edmonton, where the drug talk is all about the blood-boosting hormone EPO (erythropoietin). For the first time, the IAAF will introduce blood tests at this World Championships. Of the 350 doping tests being conducted here, 15 to 20 percent will test for EPO in an elaborate double positive system whereby an athlete must test positive in both urine and blood samples to incur a doping offense.
Monte-Carlo - The 10th IAAF World Championships in Athletics will be subject to the largest anti-doping programme ever conducted by the IAAF - including both drug testing and educational activities.
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has decided to leave caffeine off its list of banned substances.
The Jamaican Anti-Doping Commission (JADCO), set up to fight doping in sports in Jamaica, will soon be launched.
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) is pleased to announce the appointment of Diego Torres Villegas as Director of WADA’s Latin America Regional Office.
Monte Carlo - The IAAF is pleased to confirm that the 2005 World Championships in Athletics, Helsinki saw the implementation of the largest ever anti-doping programme at an athletics event. The programme included both testing and education.
Footballers and other athletes will have to be on their best behaviour - all the time - or face lengthy sanctions under proposed changes to the World Anti-Doping Agency's list of banned drugs.
Local doping commission set to test hundreds of athletes
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) is pleased to announce the appointment of Diego Torres Villegas as Director of WADA’s Latin America Regional Office.