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True Sport, October-December 2004 VOLUME 4, ISSUE 4 OCTOBER-DECEMBER 2004 2550 Tenderfoot Hill Street, Suite 200 Colorado Springs, CO 80906 Phone: 1-719-785-2000 Toll-Free: 1-866-601-2632 A publication dedicated to providing timely and accurate Fax: 719-785-2001 information for Olympic, Pan Am, and Paralympic Athletes. [email protected] Carl Swenson- Dual Sport Athlete Swenson competed in his second Olympic Winter competition is very satisfying when all goes Games in Salt Lake City after debuting at the well. There is no other experience that 1994 Lillehammer Games. An 11-time national provides the kind of payoff for such hard work Contents cross-country skiing champion (1994-95, 1999, as competition at the highest level. 2003-04), Swenson, 33, is also among the top pro mountain bikers in the United States, and earned How do you prevent burnout? I have been a silver medal at the 1999 Pan American Games. asked that question many times, and Carl 1-2 He finished fifth in the 50km freestyle event at the truthfully, I don’t know. I will always enjoy Swenson 2003 World Cross Country Skiing skiing and biking and I know I have only a few Championships, which was years of racing in me, so I’m one of the top performances happy to race while I can. I ever by a U.S. athlete. think competing in two What’s 2 sports prevents me from New How did you get involved dwelling on the frustrating in the Summer/Winter aspects of one sport for very Quick 3 Olympic sport double? long. I always have the next Hitters My brother, Pete, was a pro season and an entirely new mountain biker before I ever environment to look forward considered racing bikes. He to. convinced me to give the Meet the 4 mountain bike a try as a What do you tell young Education form of cross-training for athletes about Staff cross-country skiing. As successfully competing at soon as I graduated from the Olympic level without college back east I moved doping? I tell them that to Telluride, CO. It would be clean athletes can compete hard not to become a mountain biker living successfully against dopers. There will always around all those mountain trails. It took a few be some people who cheat, not just in sport years to develop the skills necessary to race but in any competitive situation. I have my own Drug Reference as a pro, but the off-setting seasons of ski experience as a clean athlete, and I can point Resources racing and mountain bike racing made it a to other athletes who I believe are clean in 1-800-233-0393 natural fit for me. I never set out to be a two cross-country skiing and mountain biking who or online at: sport athlete, it just happened. have won medals. The anti-doping effort is www.usantidoping.org gaining strength. We can see the positive What about competing are you passionate effects of a well organized, impartial, and about? I enjoy the atmosphere surrounding a determined anti-doping agency. Frankly, I am race. There is a lot of pressure, nerves, and concerned about situations a young excitement before a competition. The focus of successful athlete may be faced with. If an so much of my time is committed to preparing athlete finds himself in an environment where for competition, the race itself is a release of doping is accepted or endorsed, I would say all that. The actual grueling effort of a get yourself out of there, find a new team, a More with Carl on Page Two. 4-2004.pmd 1 3/1/2005, 2:59 PM Page 2 True Sp CARL SWENSON new coach, seek out an athlete with a when I retire from racing. Reading gets me different perspective. An athlete’s competitive through the travel days, Harpers Magazine, years are relatively brief. Supposedly, Atlantic Monthly, NYTimes... I can’t seem to sophisticated dopers are getting caught and pass the airport magazine rack without picking are going to have to live with that black mark something up. for the rest of their lives. Favorite movie - Being John Malkovich, What have you learned about yourself as anything by the Cohen brothers, and just a result of competing in sport? I have about anything involving Luke or Owen Wilson. seen the benefits of commitment, hard work Favorite book - favorite writer/commentator/ and persistence. Being rewarded for those reviewer Christopher Hitchens, Novelists efforts is a source of strength and Thoreau, Roth, Rushdie, Stegner. confidence. Competition is also a lesson in Favorite food - I like to try the local fare humility. I am continuously impressed, and whether its sushi, steak, mexican, lobster, often overwhelmed, by younger talent and the reindeer, stinky cheese...and I am always constantly rising level of competition. satisfied with a good burger and fries. Outside of skiing and riding, what do you Thanks Carl and good luck this winter from USADA! like to do for fun, relaxation? I hope to figure that out WHAT’’’ S NEW? Athlete Location Form” and you will find those detailed Athlete Location Form Changes instructions and a blank ALF for your reference. Yes, we heard your suggestions, and you may have noticed that the Athlete Location Form (ALF) has changed. Submitting your ALF: In response to overwhelming athlete feedback requesting a • Athletes with an email address on file with USADA can simpler ALF the quarterly calendar, previously home to lots submit quarterly ALFs using our online system. For help of boxes requiring “X, Y, and Zs”, has been removed. Here logging into the system and for login/password questions are some tips for filling out the revised ALF: please contact Kitt Fields at: [email protected] or 719.785.2006, or (toll • Complete Page 1– this is for your Residence, Training free) 1.866.601.2632 Ext. 2006 Information, and Other Regular Activities to indicate • Hardcopy forms can be FAXED to: 719.785.2099 or your regular Quarterly Schedule. 719.785.2091 or mailed to: • Complete Page 2 - this is for exceptions to your regular USADA, Out-of-Competition Testing Program schedule, and includes sections for your Temporary 2550 Tenderfoot Hill Street, Suite 200 Addresses, Competition Schedule, and other Special Colorado Springs, CO 80906 Exceptions. • On Page 2, there is now space to list Travel Days next Thank you for continuing to provide feedback. We hope to to each Temporary Address, Competition and/or other continue to make the processes as convenient for you as Special Exceptions. possible. • The “Special Exceptions” section should be used to list single-day activities that will alter the schedule you have provided elsewhere on the ALF. Examples for New Website is Online Special Exceptions include occasions such as USADA’s website, www.usantidoping.org, has undergone a Graduations, Weddings, and Conferences. facelift. The new, easier to navigate, site went live in August. • As always, you can provide additional pages to The site includes additional features including: supplement the ALF if you need extra space. Just be • Drug Reference Online, which is a searchable database for sure to include your full name and sport on any the status of substances and brand name products, additional pages you submit. • Athlete Express, a direct route for athletes in the out-of competition pool to quickly access forms and other Detailed instructions for completing the revised ALF are necessary information, and available at the “Athlete Express” section of our website: • A resource section, which includes all athlete forms and www.usantidoping.org . Click on the link for the “Hardcopy USADA publications in one location. 4-2004.pmd 2 3/1/2005, 2:59 PM rue Sport Page 3 QUICK HITTERS You can get a complete copy of the Code at www.wada- Harmonizing Anti-Doping for ama.org. You can download a copy of the U.S. Anti-Doping All Athletes in the World Agency’s Protocol (updated August 13, 2004) that includes August 13, 2004 marked the opening of the XXVIII Olympic the articles of the Code, along with the policies and Games in Athens. It also is the date that the World Anti- procedures for U.S. athletes, which are compliant with the Doping Code (Code) was implemented by stakeholders in Code at www.usantidoping.org, Athlete Tools, Downloads the Olympic movement (i.e., sports agencies, IOC, and national anti-doping agencies). The adoption and All athletes in USADA’s out-of-competition testing program implementation of the Code by these organizations will receive three documents in the mail this fall: worldwide creates harmonization of the anti-doping rules, so that all athletes 1. The 2005 USADA protocol are subject to the same rules. We’ve 2. The 2005 Guide to Prohibited highlighted a few points related to the Substances Code below that athletes will want to 3. The 2005 Wallet Card know about. The second two items will reflect the • The World Anti-Doping Agency’s WADA Code changes, and changes to (WADA) list of prohibited substances the list of prohibited substances effective applies to all sports in all countries. January 1, 2005. Remember that athletes should always check the WADA list to find Know the Rules what is prohibited. Be sure to know your International Federation’s (IF) rules. You can find • The WADA Definitions of Doping now apply to all athletes links to the websites for your National Governing Body (NGB) in all countries. Doping is now defined by the Code and and IF via the USADA website www.usantidoping.org, and includes one or more of the following anti-doping rule click on Resources and Links.
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