Montreal, May 13, 2013 – The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has revoked the accreditation of the laboratory in Tunis, Tunisia, due to non-compliance with the International Standard for Laboratories (ISL) and related Technical Documents.
According to the Swedish TV-station SVT – Västnytt, the supplement Craze is banned in Denmark. After the state\'s forensic laboratory in Sweden found a doping classified amphetamine-like substance in the dietary supplement craze, the Danish Food Agency decided to ban sale of the product.
The FIS anti-doping programme focus turns from the post-competition tests to a substantial out-of-competition testing programme in order to maintain the fight against the use of doping in skiing and snowboarding.
The WADA Executive Committee has decided to implement immediately a modification to WADA Technical document TD 2013DL to increase the threshold level for marijuana to 150 ng/ml.
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has urged the Kenyan government to put in place an independent inquiry to look into the doping allegations that the country’s athletes have been facing for some time now.
Montreal, May 12, 2013 – The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) made significant progress in its mission to enhance global support in the fight against doping in sport during the Agency’s Executive Committee and Foundation Board meetings held in Montreal this weekend.
On March the 8th, the Cabinet approved, at the Minister of Education, Culture and Sport, Mr. José Ignacio Wert’s request, previously forwarded to the Spanish Parliament, the bill of Protection of Athlete’s Health and Fight against doping in sports activities.
It has come to WADA’s attention that the black market substance GW501516 is being sold to and used by some athletes.
Monaco - The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has re-tested a selection of doping samples collected at the 2005 IAAF World Championships, Helsinki, Finland, from a wide range of disciplines and nations, and the results have revealed a further* six adverse findings.
The list below includes names of athletes that is currently being investigated after re-testing of their samples has returned adverse findings.