The President of the International Weightlifting Federation, Dr. Tamás Aján was reelected as WADA Foundation Board Member. He fulfills his duties as the member of the Board since WADA was set up in 1999. After a two years consultation process the WADA Foundation Board has unanimously accepted the revised Anti-Doping Code and the WADA Executive […]
During the 2015 Code consultation process, 315 separate submissions were received. The submissions recommended a total of 3,987 changes to the Code. In addition, the Code Drafting Team engaged in dozens of face-to-face and telephonic meetings with stakeholders to discuss the Code. Version 4.0 is the fourth published version of the 2015 Code. In between […]
JOHANNESBURG — A new urine test designed to catch athletes who take steroids is to be introduced by the World Anti-Doping Agency next year and will be used at the World Cup in Brazil. WADA called it “the twin” of the blood profiling currently system used in the athletes’ biological passport system. It will allow […]
Following approval by the World Anti-Doping Agency’s (WADA) Executive Committee on September 11, the 2014 List of Prohibited Substances and Methods is now available. Noteworthy changes to the List, which will come into force on January 1, 2014, include: IN – AND OUT-OF COMPETITION Use of International Non-proprietary Names (INN) With the assistance of the […]
In accordance with Article 14.5 of the World Anti-Doping Code, WADA has traditionally published two annual sets of testing figures: the first set reported by the WADA accredited laboratories on analyses performed, and the second by Anti-Doping Organizations (ADOs) on their doping control activities. In 2012, for the very first time, figures have been compiled […]