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Supporting Sport Integrity at the Games of the Small States of Europe
Versapak was very proud to supply and support the Authority for Integrity in Maltese Sport with DBS kits and this pilot was an innovative evolution in anti-doping and the fight in favour of clean sports.
Dried Blood Spot Testing – Ali Jawad
The anti-doping system implements a combination of methods to protect clean athletes through in/out competition drug testing, the athlete biological passport (ABP)
ALI JAWAD BLOG 10 – Should Para athletes have more protection in the World Anti-Doping code? (Part 1)
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...
ALI JAWAD BLOG 9 – The Role of Sports Pharmacy in Anti-Doping
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...
ALI JAWAD BLOG 8 – HAPPY NEW YEAR!
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...
ALI JAWAD BLOG 7 – How did the anti-doping system adapt to the threat of Covid-19?
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...
ALI JAWAD BLOG 6 – Should Anti-Doping Agencies give athletes a choice of testing kits during an anti-doping test?
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...
ALI JAWAD BLOG 5 – Should Anti-Doping Education be incorporated within sports degrees at universities?
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...