INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Continued controversy over the use of banned substances by elite athletes has prompted leading medical and sports organizations to call for stringent ethical principles for physicians, allied medical professionals, coaches, athletic trainers and others. The American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) and a growing list of other organizations have formed Professionals Against Doping in Sports (PADS) to unite in their commitment to drug-free sports.
Because of the financial situation in Spain the Spanish Anti-doping agency (AEA) has to cut their budgets.
The new members of the Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission has been announced.
Bruno Genevois is the new president of the French anti-doping agency.
“Emerging Technologies” was the topic for the 9th Annual Symposium on Anti-Doping Science, hosted by the U. S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) October 2-4 in Lansdowne, VA.
World Anti-Doping Agency has made their prohibited list for 2011 publicly available.
We have registered more than 400 cases related to cycling. Most of the cases come in the Grand Tours. Here is an overview.
The UCI confirmed today that Spanish rider Alberto Contador returned an adverse analytical finding for clenbuterol following the analysis of urine sample taken during an in competition test on 21st July 2010 on the second rest day of the Tour de France.
Colorado Springs, CO – September 30, 2010 -- Ten years ago, on October 1, 2000, the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) began operations as the independent, non-profit entity established to carry out the anti-doping program in the United States for Olympic, Paralympic and Pan American sport athletes.
Earlier today, the UCI advised Spanish riders David Garcia Da Peña and Ezequiel Mosquera of their Adverse Analytical Findings (presence of Hydroxyethyl starch based on reports from the WADA accredited laboratory in Köln) in the urine samples collected from them at an in-competition test at the Vuelta a España on 16 September 2010.