FAQ: 60-Minute Window / United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA)

USADA staff answers the question: "Why are you testing me when it isn't my one-hour window?"

Whereabouts are an extremely critical component of an anti-doping program to facilitate out-of-competition testing and to deter and detect doping. In 2011, a population of USADA Registered Testing Pool (RTP) athletes who are included in the USADA International Testing Pool (ITP) will be required to provide a 60-minute time slot as part of their whereabouts requirements. The 60-minute time slot, in addition to other whereabouts requirements, is the athlete’s responsibility and the bullet points provide answers to the most frequently asked questions.

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FAQ: GlobalDRO.org / United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA)

Education is one of the core components of USADA’s anti-doping program and we work to provide athletes with the resources they need to compete clean.

There are times in an athlete’s career where they might have a legitimate medical need to take a medication and USADA has several resources available to assist athletes in determining if their medication is prohibited or not. The primary resources are the Wallet Card, Drug Reference Line, and GlobalDRO.com.

GlobalDRO is a medication database that provides information about the prohibited status of specific drugs/substances based on the current World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Prohibited List.

The easy-to-use website is a partnership between USADA, the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sports (CCES), and UK Anti-Doping (UKAD). The Japan Anti-Doping Agency (JADA) is also an official Global DRO licensee. Thus, visitors can search for specific information on products sold in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Japan.

It is important to know that GlobalDRO does not contain information on, or that applies to, any dietary supplement which also includes homeopathic products, traditional medicines, herbals, and probiotics.

Do not use GlobalDRO to search for the individual ingredients in a dietary supplement. The dietary supplement may contain prohibited substances even if your search results say the ingredients on the label are not prohibited. The use of any dietary supplement is at your own risk.

To find the status of a medication in sport, follow these easy steps:

1. Go to GlobalDRO.com, choose your sport nationality, select ‘Go’, then ‘Drug Search’ on the following page.

2. Read the Terms and Conditions, check the box saying you understand, and select ‘Search for Medications’.

3. Select your user type, sport, nation of purchase, then enter the brand name (e.g., Tylenol), ingredient (acetaminophen), or Drug Identification Number (DIN) of the medication you wish to find the status of.

4. Find the result that matches the medication you wish to take and select ‘View Status’

http://www.usada.org/how-to-use-global-dro/

FAQ: Play Clean Tip Center / United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA)

In its mission to preserve the integrity of competition, inspire true sport, and protect the rights of athletes, USADA is unwavering in its belief that every athlete has the right to compete on a clean and level playing field, free from the pressures and influences of performance-enhancing drugs. For this reason, USADA makes available a number of ways to report the abuse of performance-enhancing drugs in sport in an effort to protect clean athletes and promote clean competition.

You may report a tip using one of the following methods:

- Anonymous Tip
- Email
- Phone
- Mail

http://www.usada.org/athletes/playclean/

FAQ: Testing / United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA)

Testing is an important part of any effective anti-doping program, and the area that most often comes to mind when thinking about anti-doping. From test planning and collection of a urine or blood sample, through the results managements process, USADA provides a thorough program, with policies and procedures in accordance with the World Anti-Doping Code, the WADA International Standards, the United States Olympic Committee Anti-Doping Rules, and the USADA Protocol for Olympic and Paralympic Movement Testing.

http://www.usada.org/testing/

US Para Curling athlete Goose Perez explains why he has made the decision to compete clean.

True athletes compete clean for many powerful and personal reasons. Seven leading winter athletes have teamed up with USADA to promote the principles of clean sport and fair play through the 'I COMPETE CLEAN because' campaign.

What drives and compels them to train day after day, year after year, putting in all the hard and often painful work necessary for sport success? What motivates them to remain true to the call of clean sport, even when shortcuts exist?

Through this initiative, these athletes met the challenge head on and boldly declared their answers.

The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) is the national anti-doping organization for the Olympic movement in the United States. Since its inception in 2000, USADA has worked to preserve the integrity of competition, inspire true sport and protect the rights of athletes in the Olympic & Paralympic movement in the United States.

U.S. Luge athlete Erin Hamlin explains why she has made the decision to compete clean.

True athletes compete clean for many powerful and personal reasons. Seven leading winter athletes have teamed up with USADA to promote the principles of clean sport and fair play through the 'I COMPETE CLEAN because' campaign.

What drives and compels them to train day after day, year after year, putting in all the hard and often painful work necessary for sport success? What motivates them to remain true to the call of clean sport, even when shortcuts exist?

Through this initiative, these athletes met the challenge head on and boldly declared their answers.

The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) is the national anti-doping organization for the Olympic movement in the United States. Since its inception in 2000, USADA has worked to preserve the integrity of competition, inspire true sport and protect the rights of athletes in the Olympic & Paralympic movement in the United States.

US Figureskater Julie Chu explains why she has made the decision to compete clean.

True athletes compete clean for many powerful and personal reasons. Seven leading winter athletes have teamed up with USADA to promote the principles of clean sport and fair play through the 'I COMPETE CLEAN because' campaign.

What drives and compels them to train day after day, year after year, putting in all the hard and often painful work necessary for sport success? What motivates them to remain true to the call of clean sport, even when shortcuts exist?

Through this initiative, these athletes met the challenge head on and boldly declared their answers.

The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) is the national anti-doping organization for the Olympic movement in the United States. Since its inception in 2000, USADA has worked to preserve the integrity of competition, inspire true sport and protect the rights of athletes in the Olympic & Paralympic movement in the United States.

US Women's Skiing athlete Lindsey Vonn discusses why she made the decision to compete clean.

True athletes compete clean for many powerful and personal reasons. Seven leading winter athletes have teamed up with USADA to promote the principles of clean sport and fair play through the 'I COMPETE CLEAN because' campaign.

What drives and compels them to train day after day, year after year, putting in all the hard and often painful work necessary for sport success? What motivates them to remain true to the call of clean sport, even when shortcuts exist?

Through this initiative, these athletes met the challenge head on and boldly declared their answers.

The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) is the national anti-doping organization for the Olympic movement in the United States. Since its inception in 2000, USADA has worked to preserve the integrity of competition, inspire true sport and protect the rights of athletes in the Olympic & Paralympic movement in the United States.

True athletes compete clean for many powerful and personal reasons. Seven leading winter athletes have teamed up with USADA to promote the principles of clean sport and fair play through the 'I COMPETE CLEAN because' campaign.

What drives and compels them to train day after day, year after year, putting in all the hard and often painful work necessary for sport success? What motivates them to remain true to the call of clean sport, even when shortcuts exist?

Through this initiative, these athletes met the challenge head on and boldly declared their answers.

The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) is the national anti-doping organization for the Olympic movement in the United States. Since its inception in 2000, USADA has worked to preserve the integrity of competition, inspire true sport and protect the rights of athletes in the Olympic & Paralympic movement in the United States.

US Women's Figure Skater Rachael Flatt explains why she made the decision to compete clean.

True athletes compete clean for many powerful and personal reasons. Seven leading winter athletes have teamed up with USADA to promote the principles of clean sport and fair play through the 'I COMPETE CLEAN because' campaign.

What drives and compels them to train day after day, year after year, putting in all the hard and often painful work necessary for sport success? What motivates them to remain true to the call of clean sport, even when shortcuts exist?

Through this initiative, these athletes met the challenge head on and boldly declared their answers.

The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) is the national anti-doping organization for the Olympic movement in the United States. Since its inception in 2000, USADA has worked to preserve the integrity of competition, inspire true sport and protect the rights of athletes in the Olympic & Paralympic movement in the United States.