In Olympic and Paralympic sport there is no fewer controversial topics in the competitive environment than the enhancement of human performance through cheating and/or doping. Some athletes are continually pursuing an edge over rivals by methods which are against the...

The new World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) international standards have been updated for the WADA code 2021. The WADA code is underpinned by 8 international standards that attempt to harmonise anti-doping practices within sport organisations and public authorities. A...

Coming into 2020, I was full of excitement and hope with my fourth Paralympic Games on the horizon. I had put my stem cell trial treatment on hold for my Crohn’s disease in order to give myself the best chance to qualify for Tokyo 2020. No one could have predicted the...

  For many athletes, 2020 was supposed to be the most important year of their lives. Personally, I had sacrificed and delayed my Crohn’s disease treatment and subsequent stem cell trial and chemotherapy in order to attempt to compete in Tokyo. As athletes, we...

Since Russia was exposed to having tampered with athletes anti-doping testing bottles, it caused a pandemonium amongst anti-doping agencies, sports administrators, international federations, and the most vulnerable - the athletes. It still remains the biggest scandal...

There have been many instances where athletes have claimed they unknowingly ingested the prohibited substances, or they were advised by their Athlete Support Personnel (ASP) to take a supplement (that was unknowingly contaminated). This is considered as inadvertent...

Currently, the World Anti-Doping Code has ten (10) Anti-Doping Rule Violations (ADRVs) in which athletes can be sanctioned. Usually, the results management process is under the jurisdiction of the athlete’s national anti-doping organisation or in some cases the...