(Ottawa, Ontario – June 17, 2010) – The Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) would like to outline the anti-doping requirements for the Commonwealth Games in October 2010. All Team Canada athletes and their support personnel bound for the Delhi Games must be aware of these requirements.
Know your rights and responsibilities!
The Commonwealth Games Anti-Doping Standard will be in effect for all Team Canada athletes during the entire games period, which starts on September 23, the day the athlete village opens, and ends on October 14, the day of the closing ceremonies.
Throughout this 22-day period, athletes will be subject to doping control at any time, and at any place, with no advance notice, under the authority of the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF). All samples collected from Team Canada athletes anywhere during the Games period will be analyzed as in-competition tests, and screened against the full World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Prohibited List. This includes pseudoephedrine and marijuana.
A mandatory e-learning program will be available in mid-July. Athletes will be alerted through Zeus, and must complete a short education module and quiz to ensure they understand their anti-doping rights and responsibilities.
Check all medications!
The 2010 Prohibited List will be in effect for the Games. Verify the status in sport of all medications at www.globaldro.com .
Therapeutic Use Exemptions (TUEs)
Athletes who have been prescribed a substance or method on the Prohibited List to treat a documented medical condition, must ensure they have a valid TUE in place for the Games. A TUE authorizes an athlete to use a prescribed medication dosage.
Athletes who need a TUE should contact their international federation (IF) to verify requirements well in advance. WADA publishes a list of IF contact information at www.wada-ama.org/en/Anti-Doping-Community/IFs/List-of-IFs.
If the IF requires the TUE to be processed by the CCES, a complete application and relevant medical file must be submitted no later than July 23, 2010. All TUE forms can be found at www.cces.ca/tue.
Athletes who already have a TUE, either from the IF or the CCES, must check the expiry date to ensure that it is still valid. Contact the CCES at tue-aut@cces.ca for help.
Athletes who need an emergency TUE during the Games period can submit a TUE application to the CGF TUE Committee on site.
Whereabouts
Whereabouts submission is mandatory for all athletes named to the Commonwealth Games team. Required elements for valid whereabouts include: accommodations, training locations and times, competition schedule, and a 60-minute time slot each day where the athlete can be located for testing.
As the final selections are named for each sport, athletes will be notified by their national sport organization, and given detailed instructions on how to submit whereabouts. From that point, whereabouts must be submitted within 15 days, right through until December 31, 2010. Athletes who are also a member of the CCES or an international registered testing pool must be sure to continue to meet any other whereabouts requirements.
The CCES is an independent, national, non-profit organization. Our mission, to foster ethical sport for all Canadians, is carried out through research, promotion, education, detection and deterrence, as well as through programs and partnerships with other organizations.
For further information, please contact:
Elizabeth Hindle, Manager, Testing
(613) 521-3340 x3209
ehindle@cces.ca
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