playISSUE 1 - 2007 AN OFFICIALtrue PUBLICATION OF THE WORLD ANTI-DOPING AGENCY Beyond the Athlete The fight against doping arms itself against large-scale doping schemes and trafficking with new strategies and partnerships. play true AN OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE WORLD ANTI-DOPING AGENCY CONTACT: THE WORLD ANTI-DOPING AGENCY p. 1 E-MAIL: [email protected] URL: www.wada-ama.org HEADQUARTERS 800 PLACE VICTORIA - SUITE 1700 P.O. 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Pound editorial: Cover story and special feature: Beyond the Athlete The Way Forward EDITOR The fight against doping must ELIZABETH HUNTER WADA Director General David Howman stresses the arm itself against the upstream urgent need for the anti-doping movement to evolve, CONTRIBUTORS organizers and enablers combining new strategies with the old, in order to FRÉDÉRIC DONZÉ of doping. ELIZABETH HUNTER take on large-scale trafficking STACY SPLETZER Page 1 and doping operations. TRANSLATIONS Page 3 FRÉDÉRIC DONZÉ PHOTOS STACY SPLETZER (OUTREACH) FIBA (PARTNER PROFILE) DESIGN AND LAYOUT Interpol editorial: The Way Forward: Related Articles ANTHONY PHILBIN COMMUNICATIONS Committed to the Fight The information published in the Play True magazine Issues and perspectives relating to the new Interpol Director General was correct at time of printing. The opinions expressed anti-doping paradigm: are those of the authors alone and do not necessarily Ronald K. Noble discusses reflect the opinions of WADA. his agency’s commitment to Highlights from a Study on Trafficking ......................p.9 assisting anti-doping efforts Reproduction of articles of the Play True magazine is The Australian Model .................................................p.10 and the need for greater encouraged. For permission, please send your written Trafficking: What the Code and Convention Say .....p.12 request to the WADA Communications Department at cooperation at all levels UNESCO Conference Update.....................................p.12 [email protected]. Play True magazine must be of enforcement. credited in any reproduction. A Parent's Perspective...............................................p.13 Page 2 Code Review & Consultation Articles and progress reports concerning the ongoing review of the World Anti-Doping Code: Consultation Update ...................................................p.15 IAAF Conference .........................................................p.15 WADA Athlete Committee Input ...............................p.16 contents p. 19 p. 21 p. 24 Open Letter to Those Who Promote Athlete Profile: Medical Supervision of Doping Rosa Mota WADA’s “Level the Playing Field” DVD WADA Medical Director A pioneer in her sport and a role WADA makes its latest tool in the fight Dr. Alain Garnier comments on model for women around the against doping available for use by anti- the myths at the heart of the world, Rosa Mota is considered doping stakeholders worldwide. pro-doping perspective. one of the greatest runners Page 23 Page 17 of the 20th Century. Page 19 WADA President in Beijing Partner Profile: FIBA WADA Coach’s Tool Kit A recap of Richard Pound’s An overview of the basketball WADA's newest education tool provides recent visit to the Chinese capitol federation’s new "No Doping Day" anti-doping organizations with a and the critical messages campaign, featuring its "Clean ready-to-deliver doping prevention delivered to the region. Game" logo, and a summary of its workshop specially-tailored for Page 18 continuing efforts in the fight elite coaches. against doping. Page 24 Page 21 WADA Outreach WADA Updates & Calendar Pg A summary of WADA's activities RADOs .................................................25 at the 2006 Asian Games. ADAMS ................................................25 Page 23 Staff Announcements ..................25, 26 2007 Prohibited List ...........................25 New Lab Accreditation.......................26 Athlete’s Passport ..............................26 WADA Event Calendar........................27 Richard W. Pound, Chairman Beyond the Athlete: Setting Our Sights on the Upstream Organizers and Enablers As we go to press on our first issue of came into formal effect on February 1, frustrated by the difficulties in obtaining Play True for 2007, a major multi-state 2007, and so far 47 nations have timely cooperation and information investigation is breaking in the U.S., ratified the Convention. At the same from government agencies. exposing a pharmacy for illegal time, WADA and Interpol, the world’s Internet sales of steroids and other largest police organization, recognize We are now entering into a phase performance-enhancing drugs, the need for a stronger, more unified of our activity where the real-time involving doctors who wrote action against doping involving law interaction between the public prescriptions for patients they had enforcement agencies and have authorities and sport authorities never met, and allegedly implicating agreed to work closely together. may prove decisive in the future a number of big name athletes. development of the effectiveness of The timing could not be more These are important steps, but more the global fight against doping in appropriate for us to take a hard look assertive and collaborative action sport. On that basis, I believe it is at the additional strategies and tools on the part of governments is now important for the leadership of WADA necessary in the fight against doping needed for greater progress to occur. to now pass to someone proposed by in sport—beyond the “traditional” the public authorities, who want to model, which targets athletes through All remaining governments must (and be required to) demonstrate their testing, research and education— formally ratify the UNESCO commitment to this fight by finding to be more effective in protecting Convention so that all nations’ anti- the necessary solutions, and I am the integrity of sport and the doping laws can be harmonized for pleased that this appears to be on health of athletes. global coordination. Each government the brink of happening. must ensure that its anti-doping laws This new evolution in anti-doping and regulations reflect these strong When governments and sport came requires the active participation of measures and that they are enforced together in 1999 to establish WADA, multiple government and law as such.They must give law they were responding to an urgent enforcement agencies, increasing enforcement agencies the framework need to protect the integrity of sport their cooperation with sports, to attack and tools needed to crackdown on and the health of athletes. They This new evolution in anti-doping requires the active participation of multiple government and law enforcement agencies, increasing their cooperation with sports, to attack the more sinister elements in the doping underground—the traffickers, the entourages, the "upstream" organizers of doping on a broad scale. the more sinister elements in the doping in sport. Government and law agreed that there needed to be a doping underground—the traffickers, enforcement agencies will now be able global, harmonized, strategy that the entourages, the “upstream” to better coordinate their investigative combined and coordinated the organizers of doping on a broad scale. work with sports authorities so that, in resources of both sports and the case of “non-analytical” rule governments in a 50-50 partnership. Some steps have been taken affirming violations, often committed by the This partnership has grown and the inherent jurisdiction and duty of athlete entourage, sports can sanction evolved in the brief seven years since government and law enforcement to limit those who facilitate cheating. WADA’s establishment. What’s clear the availability and movement of banned today is that this partnership will substances and to hold accountable We have witnessed what the continue to require the full those who facilitate their abuse. successful collaboration between commitment of both partners. government and sport can do to shut The fight against doping in sport The UNESCO International down large scale organized doping has not yet been won and there are Convention against Doping in Sport, schemes, such as the BALCO and well-organized and well-financed giving governments the practical tool Festina affairs. But, sports authorities’ individuals and groups who are for aligning their domestic policies efforts to protect the integrity of their determined to continue and to with the World Anti-Doping Code, respective sports have often been profit from cheating. 1 play true - issue 1 - 2007 Guest Editorial Interpol: Committed to the Anti-Doping Fight By Ronald K. Noble, Secretary General, Interpol Tackling doping in sport has never World Anti-Doping Agency and the While this appears to indicate that historically been a priority for law International