Anti-doping Flashcards
Define doping.
Administration of drugs or other substances with the intended outcome of enhancing sports performance.
List 2 ways in which UKAD and WADA deter doping.
- Education
- Bans
- Money fines
What can be found on the international standard prohibited list, released by WADA?
Drugs which athletes will be punished if they are found taking them.
What are the types of things that can be found on the prohibited list?
- S0 (non-approved substances)
- Prohibited methods
- Always prohibited
- Prohibited in-competition
- Prohibited in particular sports
What are the 5 classifications of prohibited substances?
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- Anabolic agents
- Peptide hormones/growth factors
- Beta-2 agonists
- Hormone and metabolic regulators
- Diuretics and masking agents
What 5 substances are prohibited in-competition?
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- Stimulants
- Narcotics
- Cannabinoids
- Glucocorticoids
- Beta-blockers
What are the 3 prohibited methods?
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- Blood and blood components manipulation.
- Chemical and physical manipulation.
- Gene and cell doping
What are the two ways that blood and its components can be manipulated?
- Homologous - use of one’s own blood.
2. Autologous - use of the same type of blood group, not one’s own.
State 3 ways in which the anti-doping rules can be violated.
= Anti-doping Rule Violation (ADRV)
- Presence, possession or trafficking of prohibited substance.
- Attempted use of prohibited substance.
- Tampering with doping control.
- Evading or failing to provide sample.
- Providing, assisting, and associating with doping activities.
Athletes must provide their location for out of competition testing. Why is this?
Info must be clear and accurate so that the athlete can be located for random testing.
What does NRTP stand for and what does this category mean for location whereabouts?
National Registered Testing Pool - generally elite athletes meaning there is a much stricter need for whereabouts reporting requirements (every 1 hour).
What does DTP stand for and what does this this mean for location whereabouts?
Domestic Testing Pool - less strict but still necessary to report whereabouts.
What are the 2 ways athletes can fail to report their whereabouts?
- Filing failure - inaccurate/insufficient whereabouts info leads to athlete not being able to be found.
- Missed test (NRTP only) - athletes are not available during allocated timeslot.
If there are 3 whereabouts failures within 12 months, what actions can be taken?
- 2 year ban from sport (NRTP only).
2. Added to NRTP list to control whereabouts (DTP only).
State three ways in which athletes will attempt to evade AAFs.
- Athletes create structured doping routines which enhance performance but provide negative sample during competition.
- Failure to provide sample.
- Substituting doped sample with clean alternative.
