Tagged News for Anti-doping
Leslie Buchanan Selected for WADA Education Committee
02/12/09 - ITU Director of Anti-doping, Leslie Buchanan, has been selected to sit on the World Anti-doping Agency (WADA) Education Committee from 1 January 2010. Her appointment will last for three years with the... |
Full StoryITU Imposes Warning on Mark Fretta
24/11/09 - The International Triathlon Union (ITU) today announced it has officially warned Mark Fretta, a triathlete from the USA, after committing an anti-doping rule violation during an in-competition doping... |
Full Story2010 WADA Prohibited List now available
27/10/09 - The World Anti-doping Agency’s 2010 List of Prohibited Substances and Methods is now available. This List will go into effect on January 1, 2010. The 2010 List offers a number of changes compared to the... |
Full StoryITU Imposes Six-year Ban on Triathlete Mariana Ohata
07/10/09 - The International Triathlon Union (ITU) today announced it has imposed a six-year ban on Mariana Ohata a triathlete from Brazil, after committing an anti-doping rule violation in an out-of-competition... |
Full StoryNew Anti-doping Logo
04/09/09 - The ITU Anti-doping team is pleased to present their new ITU Anti-doping logo. Please look for this logo at next week’s expo during the 2009 Gold Coast Dextro Energy Triathlon - ITU World Championship... |
Full StoryAnti-doping: Geranamine
27/08/09 - The International Triathlon Union (ITU) is a member of the Association of National Anti-doping Agencies (ANADO). The Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) is also a member of this organization. The... |
Full StoryAnti-doping: London Report
21/08/09 - A number of anti-doping activities took place surrounding the Dextro Energy Triathlon - ITU World Championship Series in London last week. The first event was that the ITU Athlete’s Committee met to... |
Full StoryAnti-doping: Therapeutic Use Exemption
30/07/09 - What is a Therapeutic Use Exemption? Athletes, like all others, may have illnesses or injuries which require them to take particular medications. If the medication which an athlete needs to treat an... |
Full StoryITU Events Department: Anti-doping
23/07/09 - Throughout the year, the ITU Events Department puts on courses for International Technical Officials and Event Organisers to certify and upgrade their skills on everything from the competition rules, to... |
Full StoryWorld Anti-Doping Symposium
07/05/09 - The World Anti-doping Agency (WADA) held its annual Anti-Doping Symposium in Lausanne, Switzerland at the end of April. This symposium brings together International Sports Federations, such as ITU, and... |
Full StoryANADO AGM in Dublin
01/05/09 - The Association of National Anti-Doping Organisations (ANADO) recently held its 12th workshop in Dublin, Ireland. At the Annual General Meeting before the workshop opened, the ITU was approved as an... |
Full StoryAnti-doping: International Standard for Testing
16/04/09 - The International Standard for Testing (IST) was also revised and came into force at the same time as the revised Code on January 1, 2009. According to WADA’s Play True magazine Issue 3-2008, “the... |
Full StoryResults Management For Atypical Findings
09/04/09 - All National Federations should have received a letter recently outlining the Results Management information that needs to be reported to the International Triathlon Union. If your National Federation did... |
Full StoryResults Management For Adverse Analytical Findings
02/04/09 - International level testing results: - Upon receipt of an adverse analytical finding involving one of your triathletes during an ITU sanctioned event or out-of competition on behalf of the ITU, the ITU... |
Full StoryAnti-Doping News: IST Changes
27/03/09 - The ITU Newsletter has been focusing the past couple of months on the differences on the anti-doping changes in the World Anti-doping Agency Code from 2003 and the current 2009 WADA Code. The Code is not... |
Full StoryAnti-Doping News: Results Management
19/03/09 - ITU Results Management for January 2009 ITU is pleased to announce that all anti-doping test results received for January 2009 are negative. The In Competition events test results included the La Paz... |
Full StoryAnti-Doping News: UNESCO Convention
12/03/09 - The ITU Newsletter has been focusing on the differences on the anti-doping changes in the World Anti-doping Agency Code from 2003 and the current 2009 WADA Code. Another change between the old World... |
Full StoryAnti-Doping News: Erroneous Information
06/03/09 - The ITU Newsletter has been focusing on the differences on the anti-doping changes in the World Anti-doping Agency Code from 2003 and the current 2009 WADA Code. Another change between the old World... |
Full StoryAnti-Doping News: Atypical findings
25/02/09 - Atypical findings in anti-doping are an area of much concern and misunderstanding. The new World Anti-doping Agency (WADA) Code, effective January 1, 2009, has introduced the concept of atypical... |
Full StoryAnti-Doping News: Accelerated Management
19/02/09 - One of the many positive changes to the World Anti-doping Agencys (WADA) 2009 Code is the improvement of the accelerated management of doping cases. According to WADAs Play True magazine (Issue 3-2008) ... |
Full StoryAnti-Doping News: Incentives
13/02/09 - Another change from the World Anti-doping Agencys (WADAs) 2009 Code is incentives to come forward were strengthened from the 2003 Code. From WADAs Play True magazine (Issue 3-2008) the potential extent... |
Full StoryAnti-Doping News: Need for Greater Harmonization
04/02/09 - The 2003 World Anti-doping Agencys (WADAs) Code allowed for much more flexibility than the 2009 WADA Code that was put into effect on January 1st, 2009. One of the goals of the new Code is greater... |
Full StoryAnti-Doping Update: Specific Substances
29/01/09 - This weeks installment about Anti-Doping continues to highlight the changes to the World Anti-doping Agency (WADA) Code which took effect on January 1st, 2009. This section will discuss the changes that... |
Full StoryIncreased Sanctions in Doping Cases
22/01/09 - The revised World Anti-doping Code (WADAC) came into effect on January 1st, 2009. The WADAC was always meant to be a living document which would change to meet the needs of an effective global... |
Full StoryWADA 2009 Prohibited List
16/01/09 - As of January 1st, 2009, ITU is bound by the WADA 2009 Prohibited List, which is an international standard that identifies Substances and Methods which are prohibited in-competition and out-of... |
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