NIF 2021-4 Appeal Decision

24 May 2021

For committing an anti-doping rule violation the Athlete was already sanctioned for 4 years until 4 November 2020. Because he had breached the imposed sanction an additional 1 year period of ineligibility was imposed until 8 November 2021.

Hereafter on 8 December 2020 the Athlete tested positive for the prohibited substance Testosterone. Because a suspension had been ordered, pending the completion of the proceedings and prosecution, he appealed this decision of suspension in March 2021.

The Athlete explained that he was diagnosed with hypogonadism in June 2009 and that he had received prescribed Nebido/Testoviron injections as treatment. He had no valid TUE, yet he intended to make a TUE application after his return to Norway in April 2021.

The NIF Judiciary Committee determines that under the Rules it is legitimate to impose a suspension of 2 months at the time when an Athlete tested positive for a prohibited substance. Furthermore the Athlete had not demonstrated that he acted without fault, nor that a contaminated product had caused the postive test.

Therefore the Judiciary Committee decides on 24 May 2021 to dismiss the Athlete's appeal.

Performance Cultures and Doped Bodies: Challenging Categories, Gender Norms, and Policy Responses

24 May 2021

Performance Cultures and Doped Bodies : Challenging Categories, Gender Norms, and Policy Responses / Jesper Andreasson, April Henning. - Champaign, IL : Common Ground Research Networks, 2021. - 103 p.

  • ISBN (hbk): 978-0-949313-99-7
  • ISBN (pbk): 978-1-86335-241-3
  • ISBN (pdf): 978-1-86335-242-0
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.18848/978-1-86335-242-0/CGP


Abstract

Why has doping, both as a practice and a social phenomenon, been approached largely as a question of context: sport or fitness? Individuals may use substances to enhance sporting performance or within the framework of gym and fitness culture to create a perfect body. But clearly, people who dope are not bound to a singular context. It is quite the opposite, as individuals weave between and move across various settings in their trajectories to and from doping, as goals, identities, ambitions, and lifestyles change over time. Still, these stark categorizations often made in public discourse – and reinforced by scholars – have continued to ignore these lived experiences and limited our understanding of doping. Building on data gathered through ethnographic fieldwork, studies of online doping communities, and in-depth case studies, this book embraces the challenge of moving beyond traditional and historical doping dichotomies – such as those of sport or fitness, online or offline, pleasure or harm, masculinity or femininity, and health or harm – and, in a sociologically informed analysis, it develops new terminology to understand trajectories to and from doping. It argues there are multiple ways to understand doped bodies and doping practices, and that we must approach these questions from the perspective of both/and rather than either/or. By imploding these divisions, it offers updated and nuanced ways of both empirically and theoretically rethinking doping use and experiences attached to the practice.

LAT-NADO Annual Report 2020 (Latvia)

25 May 2021

Anti-Doping Bureau of Latvia Annual Report 2020 / Anti-Doping Bureau of Latvia (LAT-NADO). - Riga : LAT-NADO, 2021


Maskeert furosemide dopinggebruik?

25 May 2021

Maskeert furosemide dopinggebruik? / David J. Brinkman, Jelle Tichelaar, Michiel A. van Agtmael. - (Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde (2021) 25 mei)



Samenvatting:

Onlangs werd de keeper van AFC Ajax, André Onana, voor één jaar geschorst vanwege het gebruik van furosemide. Sporters kunnen dit medicijn gebruiken om prestatiebevorderende middelen te maskeren en om gewicht te verliezen. Hoe werkt furosemide, en is het een effectief dopingmiddel?

Furosemide staat op de dopinglijst van de Wereldantidopingagentschap (WADA), omdat het middel door sporters gebruikt kan worden om prestatiebevorderende middelen in de urine te verbloemen en om gewicht te verliezen. Hoe werkt deze plaspil, en is het een effectief dopingmiddel? Op basis van de farmacologische eigenschappen van furosemide, de beschikbare literatuur en de uiterst gevoelige detectiemethoden concluderen wij dat het maskerende effect van furosemide beperkt is. Furosemide is wel relevant voor sporten met gewichtsklassen, zoals boksen en judo.

Sport Ireland Annual Report 2020

26 May 2021

Annual Report 2020 / Sport Ireland Anti-Doping. - Dublin : Sport Ireland, 2018

Dopingautoriteit Annual Report 2020 (Netherlands)

28 May 2021

Dopingautoriteit Annual Report 2020 (Netherlands) / Anti-doping Authority Netherlands (Dopingautoriteit). - Capelle aan den IJssel : Dopingautoriteit, 2021

Contents:

Chapter 1 – Education
Chapter 2 – Doping control
Chapter 3 – Intelligence & Investigations
Chapter 4 – Disciplinary Proceedings
Chapter 5 – Legal Affairs
Chapter 6 – Scientific research
Chapter 7 – Knowledge management
Chapter 8 – Therapeutic Use Exemptions
Chapter 9 – International Affairs
Chapter 10 – People & organisation
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Annex 1 - Financial overview
Annex 2 - Members of Advisory Board and Committees
Annex 3 - Personnel
Annex 4 - Overview of presentations and scientific publications
Annex 5 - Secondary positions
Annex 6 – Abbreviations
Annex 7 – Result management

World Athletics 2020 WA vs Youssef Sbaai

28 May 2021

In November 2020 the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) of World Athletics has reported an anti-doping rule violation against the Maroccan Athlete Youssef Sbaai after his samples after his sample tested positive for the prohibited substance Erythropoietin (EPO).

After notification a provisional suspension was ordered. The Sole Arbitrator of the World Athletics Disciplinary Tribunal rendered a decision based on the Parties’ written submissions.

The Athlete denied the intentional use of the substance and alleged that he was the victim of sabotage due the water bottle he had used during the competition in question contained EPO.

The AIU contended that the Athlete failed to demonstrate how EPO had entered his system and requested the Tribunal for the imposition of a sanction of 4 year. The AIU rejected the Athlete’s explanation and contended that the substance EPO only can enter the Athlete’s system through injection and not orally. 

The Sole Arbitrator finds that the presence of the prohibited substance had been established in the Athlete’s sample and accordingly that he had committed an anti-doping rule violation.

The Sole Arbitrator holds that the Athlete failed to establish that the violation was not intentional, nor how the substance had entered his system. The Sole Arbitrator finds that the Athlete’s explanation are speculative and based on assumptions while there are no grounds for a reduced sanction. 

Therefore the World Athletics Disciplinary Tribunal decides on 28 May 2021 to impose a 4 year period of ineligibility on the Athlete, starting on the date of the provisional suspension, i.e. on 16 November 2020.

Current Insights into the Steroidal Module of the Athlete Biological Passport

28 May 2021

Current Insights into the Steroidal Module of the Athlete Biological Passport / Thomas Piper, Hans Geyer, Nadine Haenelt, Frank Huelsemann, Wilhelm Schaenzer, Mario Thevis. - (International Journal of Sports Medicine (2021) 28 May)

  • PMID: 34049412
  • DOI: 10.1055/a-1481-8683


Abstract

For decades, the class of anabolic androgenic steroids has represented the most frequently detected doping agents in athletes' urine samples. Roughly 50% of all adverse analytical findings per year can be attributed to anabolic androgenic steroids, of which about 2/3 are synthetic exogenous steroids, where a qualitative analytical approach is sufficient for routine doping controls. For the remaining 1/3 of findings, caused by endogenous steroid-derived analytical test results, a more sophisticated quantitative approach is required, as their sheer presence in urine cannot be directly linked to an illicit administration. Here, the determination of urinary concentrations and concentration ratios proved to be a suitable tool to identify abnormal steroid profiles. Due to the large inter-individual variability of both concentrations and ratios, population-based thresholds demonstrated to be of limited practicability, leading to the introduction of the steroidal module of the Athlete Biological Passport. The passport enabled the generation of athlete-specific individual reference ranges for steroid profile parameters. Besides an increase in sensitivity, several other aspects like sample substitution or numerous confounding factors affecting the steroid profile are addressed by the Athlete Biological Passport-based approach. This narrative review provides a comprehensive overview on current prospects, supporting professionals in sports drug testing and steroid physiology.

ADDPI 2020_05 INADA vs Anshula Rao

31 May 2021

In July 2020 the India National Anti-Doping Agency (INADA) has reported an anti-doping rule violation against the cricket player Anshula Rao after her sample tested positive for the prohibited substance 19-norandrosterone (Nandrolone).

After notification a provisional suspension was ordered. The Athlete filed a statement in her defence and was heard for the Anti-Doping Disciplinary Panel of India (ADDPI).

The Athlete denied the intentional use of the substance and could not explain how the substance had entered her system. She argued that the 4 month delay in the Notification prevented her to find the source of the Nandrolone.

The Athlete disputed the irregularities she had established regarding the A sample documentation package, the chain of custody and the sample collection procedure. Further she complained that she could not perform analysis of the B sample because of the costs (€ 1500,-), In additions she could not attend the opening op de B sample in the Ghent Lab whereas there were the COVID-19 restrictions to travel.

The Panel considered the Athletes assertions and concludes that she failed to demonstrate any departure of the ISTI regarding the documentation package, the chain of custody and the sample collection procedure. The Panel also finds that there had been no unreasonable delays in the Ghent Lab before Notification.

The Panel agrees that the intended analysis of the Athlete's B sample was prevented because of the costs and is displeased that INADA has no provisions for financial assistance in this matter.

Finally The Panel finds that the presence of a prohibited substance has been established in the Athlete's sample and accordingly that the she committed an anti-doping rule violation. The Panel deems that she failed to explain how the substance entered her system and concludes that she had used the substance knowingly and intentionally.

Therefore the Anti-Doping Discipinary Panel of India decides on 31 May 2021 to impose a 4 year period of ineligibility on the Athlete, starting on the date of the provisional suspension.

Techniques of deceptive communication about doping

31 May 2021

Techniques of deceptive communication about doping / Marcel Reinold. - (European Journal for Sport and Society (2021) 31 May)

  • DOI: 10.1080/16138171.2021.1930944

Abstract

The decision to dope almost inevitably implies the decision to engage in deceptive communication. We, therefore, analysed six autobiographies of deceiving cyclists and identified six communication techniques which deceivers routinely apply: (1) moralisation without personal criticism, (2) exaggerating the intensity of anti-doping policies, (3) victimisation, (4) playing down the extent of the doping problem, (5) omitting narrative details, and (6) pretending lack of doping-relevant knowledge. These techniques help deceivers to present themselves as compliant with the anti-doping system and appear credible in their commitment against drugs. Furthermore, it helps them to allay suspicion, prevent falsification, and generally manage the flow of destructive information in a way that avoids leakage and detection. Though there is no reliable cue to deceit, knowledge about deceivers’ communication techniques might increase awareness and help to ask critical questions.

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