Who regulates doping in sports?

WADA
World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)

What is the purpose of anti-doping in sport?

As stated by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), the purpose of an anti-doping program is “to protect the athletes’ fundamental right to participate in doping-free sport and thus promote health, fairness and equality for athletes worldwide…” What substances are banned from use?

How does WADA find athletes that are doping?

Up. For every adverse analytical finding, WADA receives a certificate of analysis from the WADA accredited laboratory. These certificates of analysis do not include the name of the athlete involved, since all samples analyzed by laboratories are anonymized and identified only by a code number.

What are the anti-doping rules?

The World Anti-Doping Code defines the following ten anti-doping rule violations:

• Presence of a prohibited substance or its metabolites or markers in an athlete’s sample.
• Use or attempted use by an athlete of a prohibited substance or a prohibited method.
• Evading, refusing or failing to submit to sample collection.

Why doping is banned?

The reasons for the ban are mainly the health risks of performance-enhancing drugs, the equality of opportunity for athletes, and the exemplary effect of drug-free sport for the public. Anti-doping authorities state that using performance-enhancing drugs goes against the “spirit of sport”.

What are the types of doping in sports?

Following are some of the substances and methods used for doping in sport:

• ERYTHROPOIETIN (EPO) * EPO is a peptide hormone that is produced naturally by the human body.
• CERA.
• ANABOLIC STEROIDS.
• HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE.
• DIURETICS.
• SYNTHETIC OXYGEN CARRIERS.
• BLOOD DOPING.
• INSULIN.

What does doping do to your body?

By increasing the number of red blood cells, blood doping causes the blood to thicken. This thickening forces the heart to work harder than normal to pump blood throughout the body. As a result, blood doping raises the risk of: blood clot.

Who is the head of WADA?

Craig Reedie
World Anti-Doping Agency/Presidents

How many anti-doping rules are there?

11 Anti-Doping Rule
There are 11 Anti-Doping Rule Violations (ADRVs). All 11 apply to athletes, two (in bold) also apply to athlete support personnel and five (in bold) also apply to athlete support personnel and other persons.

What are the types of doping?

What are the side effects of doping?

Stimulants

• Insomnia.
• Anxiety.
• Weight Loss.
• Dependence and addiction.
• Dehydration.
• Tremors.
• Increased heart rate and blood pressure.
• Increased risk of stroke, heart attack, and cardiac arrhythmia.