STAY ON TRACK, BE DRUG FREE THE PROHIBITED LIST ANTI-DOPING RULE VIOLATIONS World Athletics has always been at the forefront of The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Prohibited • Presence of a Prohibited Substance or its the fight against doping. As part of our on-going List outlines and defines Substances and Methods Metabolites or Markers commitment to keeping our sport drug free, the banned In-Competition, as well as those banned • Use or Attempted Use of a Prohibited Substance World Athletics and the newly-created Athletics at all times. It is updated at least annually, and or Method Integrity Unit (AIU) believe that we all have a is effective from 1 January each year. responsibility in this battle, and should actively As an athlete, you should ensure you know • Evading, Refusing or Failing to Submit to Sample commit to what is included on the List, which can be found Collection the cause. on the AIU, World Athletics and WADA websites: • Whereabouts Failures If you see or hear of anything related to doping, you www.athleticsintegrity.org www.athleticsintegrity.org can contact us – in complete confidence – at: www.worldathletics.org • Tampering, or Attempted Tampering with any +377 99 99 64 04 www.wada-ama.org part of Doping Control Or, if you would feel happier not speaking to According to the principle of strict liability, as an • Possession of a Prohibited Substance or Method someone, then there is an anonymous online form athlete, you are solely responsible for whatever that can be completed on the AIU or World Athletics is in your body at all times. Alongside the List, • Trafficking, or Attempted Trafficking of ANTI-DOPING website, and you can also email directly to: you must take all steps to verify the ingredients a Prohibited Substance or Method [email protected] of all medicines and supplements. Be sure to talk • Administration, or Attempted Administration to your Anti-Doping Organisation, or doctor, if in You can also report to our intelligence unit through to Any Athlete of Any Prohibited Substance ADVICE GUIDE any doubt. And never purchase supplements from or Any Prohibited Method social media: non-reputable sources. Some online resources can help with this, but may not be able to check • Complicity supplements, and product ingredients may vary • Prohibited Association @AIU_Athletics from country-to-country.

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SAMPLE COLLECTION 2. Sample provision 3. The Doping Control Form When ready, you will need to choose a collection The DCO will record all your sample details 1. Notification and reporting vessel from a selection. Check to make sure on the Doping Control Form (DCF), before asking A Chaperone / Doping Control Officer (DCO) will it is sealed and clean. you to check all the information. notify you of your selection for testing, showing You will then be asked to disclose any medication you their ID. or supplements that you have taken in the last seven days. You also have the opportunity to the ‘A’ and ‘B’ bottles inside are sealed, clean, write down any comments that you have on and unbroken, and that all the ID numbers match. the Doping Control procedure, or on any other aspect of testing.

You will need to remove enough clothing to You will need to show photographic ID of your allow the DCO to have a direct view as you own, and report straight to Doping Control, provide the sample. staying in the sight of the Chaperone / DCO You must provide at least 90ml of urine. If the at all times. volume provided is less than that, you must As directed by the DCO, you are then required You are also permitted to have an accompanying provide another sample. The first, partial, sample to divide your sample between the ‘B’ bottle Finally, you should take the time to once again person go with you. will be temporarily sealed, and later mixed with (a minimum of 30ml) and ‘A’ bottle (a minimum check all the information on the DCF. Once you the new sample. of 60ml), before sealing both bottles, and are satisfied with it, you are required to sign placing them in the plastic bag, and then into When you have provided the sample, close the the form. the storage box. vessel, and return to Doping Control. You are in The DCO will then also sign the form, before control of your sample, and nobody else should The DCO will then check the Specific Gravity tearing off your copy, and handing it to you. handle it unless you ask them to. of your sample. If it is too dilute, the details will You should ensure that you take your copy, be recorded, and you may be asked to provide Next, you will need to choose from a selection and keep it safe. further samples. of sealed sample kits. Check to make sure that BLOOD SAMPLING THERAPEUTIC USE EXEMPTIONS WHEREABOUTS UPDATING The Blood Sampling procedure follows most A Therapeutic Use Exemption (TUE) allows you to The World Athletics has a Registered Testing Pool You should always aim to make changes directly of the same steps as the Urine process; with use a Prohibited Substance or Method when you (RTP) of athletes. If you are selected as part of the in ADAMS. However, we understand that plans a few alterations: can provide genuine, documented medical proof World Athletics RTP, you are required to provide and circumstances change. As such, you can • Before the sample is taken, you will need to that it is required. information on your Whereabouts, on a quarterly update your details at any time by contacting: be seated for at least ten minutes (or, up to All athletes requiring the use of a Prohibited basis. [email protected] two hours if you have been exercising) Substance or Method must have a valid TUE. The RTP is established from 01 October each year, but More information on the World Athletics RTP, is constantly reviewed and updated, and an athlete • After showing you their ID and Qualifications, However, only international-level athletes should including a list of all athletes currently selected may be added to it at any time. the Blood Collection Officer (BCO) will select apply to the World Athletics. Other athletes as part of it, and clarification of the the best vein from either your arm or hand only should apply to their national TUE body (either The World Athletics RTP includes the top-ranked requirements, can be found on the AIU website. • Sufficient blood shall be withdrawn to meet the the National Federation, or the National athletes in each event, by reference to the official required analysis, but no more than 25ml will Anti-Doping Organisation). World Athletics World Rankings and Performance be taken If you are an international-level athlete, you can Lists, as well as any other athlete the World Athletics decides to include at its own discretion. • The BCO will then remove the needle, and apply apply for a TUE by completing a TUE application a dressing to the area form, and submitting it to the World Athletics no If you are selected as part of the World Athletics RTP, later than 30 days prior to needing approval. you will be informed directly, and need to provide the Only a small volume of blood will be withdrawn, following information, for every day of the year: so you should not suffer any ill-effects afterwards. You can download a TUE application form directly from the World Athletics website. • A 60-minute time slot, when you can be located for The Athlete monitors testing biomarkers over time. The focus is not on the If you have any TUE-related questions, • An overnight residential address detection of Prohibited Substances or Methods please contact: • A mailing address themselves, but on proving use and effect of [email protected] Substances and Methods via abnormal variations • Any regular activity (training, work etc.) “To know I’m clean is so in biomarkers that would otherwise be stable • Y our competition schedule important. You have to put the work in your blood. Since 01 October, 2012, all World Athletics RTP in; no short cuts” athletes are required to submit their Whereabouts , 6x Olympic, and information directly, and online, through ADAMS. 9x World Gold Medallist

FURTHER INFORMATION More details on all the areas covered here can be found through AIU website, at: www.athleticsintegrity.org/know-the-process General information on Anti-Doping is also available through the WADA Website, at: STAY ON www.wada-ama.org Medicinal ingredients can be checked through Global DRO, at: www.globaldro.com TRACK, (CAN, UK, and USA prescriptions only) www.athleticsintegrity.org And accessing the ADAMS Whereabouts programme is via: BE DRUG adams.wada-ama.org FREE