Ways to Improve and Strengthen the International Anti-Doping System
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WAYS TO IMPROVE AND STRENGTHEN THE INTERNATIONAL ANTI-DOPING SYSTEM HEARING BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND INVESTIGATIONS OF THE COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND COMMERCE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ONE HUNDRED FIFTEENTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION FEBRUARY 28, 2017 Serial No. 115–9 ( Printed for the use of the Committee on Energy and Commerce energycommerce.house.gov U.S. GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE 25–165 PDF WASHINGTON : 2017 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Publishing Office Internet: bookstore.gpo.gov Phone: toll free (866) 512–1800; DC area (202) 512–1800 Fax: (202) 512–2104 Mail: Stop IDCC, Washington, DC 20402–0001 VerDate Mar 15 2010 10:03 May 16, 2017 Jkt 037690 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 5011 Sfmt 5011 I:\115THCONGRESS\115X9ANTIDOPINGASKOK050417\115X9ANTIDOPINGPENDING W COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND COMMERCE GREG WALDEN, Oregon Chairman JOE BARTON, Texas FRANK PALLONE, JR., New Jersey Vice Chairman Ranking Member FRED UPTON, Michigan BOBBY L. RUSH, Illinois JOHN SHIMKUS, Illinois ANNA G. ESHOO, California TIM MURPHY, Pennsylvania ELIOT L. ENGEL, New York MICHAEL C. BURGESS, Texas GENE GREEN, Texas MARSHA BLACKBURN, Tennessee DIANA DEGETTE, Colorado STEVE SCALISE, Louisiana MICHAEL F. DOYLE, Pennsylvania ROBERT E. LATTA, Ohio JANICE D. SCHAKOWSKY, Illinois CATHY MCMORRIS RODGERS, Washington G.K. BUTTERFIELD, North Carolina GREGG HARPER, Mississippi DORIS O. MATSUI, California LEONARD LANCE, New Jersey KATHY CASTOR, Florida BRETT GUTHRIE, Kentucky JOHN P. SARBANES, Maryland PETE OLSON, Texas JERRY MCNERNEY, California DAVID B. MCKINLEY, West Virginia PETER WELCH, Vermont ADAM KINZINGER, Illinois BEN RAY LUJA´ N, New Mexico H. MORGAN GRIFFITH, Virginia PAUL TONKO, New York GUS M. BILIRAKIS, Florida YVETTE D. CLARKE, New York BILL JOHNSON, Ohio DAVID LOEBSACK, Iowa BILLY LONG, Missouri KURT SCHRADER, Oregon LARRY BUCSHON, Indiana JOSEPH P. KENNEDY, III, Massachusetts BILL FLORES, Texas TONY CA´ RDENAS, California SUSAN W. BROOKS, Indiana RAUL RUIZ, California MARKWAYNE MULLIN, Oklahoma SCOTT H. PETERS, California RICHARD HUDSON, North Carolina DEBBIE DINGELL, Michigan CHRIS COLLINS, New York KEVIN CRAMER, North Dakota TIM WALBERG, Michigan MIMI WALTERS, California RYAN A. COSTELLO, Pennsylvania EARL L. ‘‘BUDDY’’ CARTER, Georgia SUBCOMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND INVESTIGATIONS TIM MURPHY, Pennsylvania Chairman H. MORGAN GRIFFITH, Virginia DIANA DEGETTE, Colorado Vice Chairman Ranking Member JOE BARTON, Texas JANICE D. SCHAKOWSKY, Illinois MICHAEL C. BURGESS, Texas KATHY CASTOR, Florida SUSAN W. BROOKS, Indiana PAUL TONKO, New York CHRIS COLLINS, New York YVETTE D. CLARKE, New York TIM WALBERG, Michigan RAUL RUIZ, California MIMI WALTERS, California SCOTT H. PETERS, California RYAN A. COSTELLO, Pennsylvania FRANK PALLONE, JR., New Jersey (ex EARL L. ‘‘BUDDY’’ CARTER, Georgia officio) GREG WALDEN, Oregon (ex officio) (II) VerDate Mar 15 2010 10:03 May 16, 2017 Jkt 037690 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 0486 Sfmt 5904 I:\115THCONGRESS\115X9ANTIDOPINGASKOK050417\115X9ANTIDOPINGPENDING W CONTENTS Page Hon. Tim Murphy, a Representative in Congress from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, opening statement ................................................................... 2 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 3 Hon. Diana DeGette, a Representative in Congress from the State of Colo- rado, opening statement ...................................................................................... 4 Hon. Greg Walden, a Representative in Congress from the State of Oregon, opening statement ................................................................................................ 6 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 7 Hon. Frank Pallone, Jr., a Representative in Congress from the State of New Jersey, opening statement .......................................................................... 8 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 9 WITNESSES Adam Nelson, American Shot Putter and Olympic Gold Medalist ...................... 12 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 14 Michael Phelps, American Swimmer and Olympic Gold Medalist ...................... 16 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 18 Travis T. Tygart, Chief Executive Officer, United States Anti-Doping Agency . 22 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 24 Answers to submitted questions ...................................................................... 179 Rob Koehler, Deputy Director General, World Anti-Doping Agency ................... 33 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 35 Answers to submitted questions ...................................................................... 186 Richard Budgett, M.D., Medical and Scientific Director, International Olympic Committee ............................................................................................................. 39 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 41 Answers to submitted questions ...................................................................... 199 SUBMITTED MATERIAL Subcommittee memorandum .................................................................................. 75 Letter of February 23, 2017, from Christophe De Kepper, Director General, International Olympic Committee, to IOC Honorary President, et al., sub- mitted by Ms. DeGette ......................................................................................... 83 Statement of August 30, 2016, National Anti-Doping Organizations Summit, submitted by Mr. Murphy ................................................................................... 86 List of National Anti-Doping Organizations Supporting the Copenhagen Dec- laration of August 30, 2016, submitted by Mr. Murphy ................................... 89 Letter of December 8, 2014, from Travis T. Tygart, Chief Executive Officer, and Dr. Edwin Moses, Chairman of the Board, United States Anti-Doping Agency, to Sir Craig Reedie, President, and David Howman, Director Gen- eral, World Anti-Doping Agency, submitted by Mr. Murphy ........................... 90 Letter of December 9, 2015, from Cammile Adams, et al., USA Swimming National Team, to Cornel Marculescu, Executive Director, FINA, submitted by Mr. Murphy ..................................................................................................... 94 Letter of March 11, 2016, from Beckie Scott, Chair, World Anti-Doping Agen- cy Athlete Committee, to Sir Craig Reedie, President, World Anti-Doping Agency, submitted by Mr. Murphy ..................................................................... 96 Letter of January 25, 2015, from Sarah Konrad, Chair, United States Olympic Committee Athletes’ Advisory Council, to Thomas Bach, President, Inter- national Olympic Committee, and Sir Craig Reedie, President, World Anti- Doping Agency, submitted by Mr. Murphy ........................................................ 97 (III) VerDate Mar 15 2010 10:03 May 16, 2017 Jkt 037690 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 I:\115THCONGRESS\115X9ANTIDOPINGASKOK050417\115X9ANTIDOPINGPENDING W IV Page Article of August 15, 2015, ‘‘Russia could be let off the hook BEFORE end of investigation by British drug-buster and WADA president Sir Craig Reedie,’’ by Nick Harris, The Mail on Sunday, submitted by Mr. Murphy ..... 98 Article of August 23, 2015, ‘‘WADA president Sir Craig Reedie’s ‘comfort’ email to Russia’s most senior drug-buster reveals toothless clampdown on doping,’’ by Nick Harris, The Mail on Sunday, submitted by Mr. Mur- phy ......................................................................................................................... 103 Article of July 31, 2016, ‘‘Russia doping scandal: ‘When it mattered most, the IOC failed to lead,’’’ by National Anti-Doping Organizations, The Guardian, submitted by Mr. Murphy ................................................................. 108 Article of August 4, 2016, ‘‘On Eve of Olympics, Top Investigator Details Secret Efforts to Undermine Russian Doping Probe’’ by David Epstein, ProPublica, submitted by Mr. Murphy ............................................................... 111 Article of October 2, 2016, ‘‘UKAD to control Russia tests,’’ by PA Sport, Sky Sports, submitted by Mr. Murphy ............................................................... 122 International Convention against Doping in Sport 2005, adopted October 19, 2005, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, submitted by Mr. Murphy ................................................................................... 125 Financial Statements from ‘‘IOC Annual Report 2015: Credibility, Sustain- ability and Youth,’’ International Olympic Committee, submitted by Mr. Murphy .................................................................................................................. 137 Report of the World Anti-Doping Agency, ‘‘Report of the Independent Observ- ers: Games of the XXXI Olympiad, Rio de Janeiro 2016,’’1 submitted by Mr. Murphy Report of the International Olympic Committee, ‘‘IOC reanalysis programme: