ASADA Anti-doping annual updates needed.
Thursday, 27 March 2014
This
is compulsory for:
a) All
National squad members - elite, junior, development squads, MTBO or their
equivalents.
b) All national team coaches and managers.
c) All
Australian elite & W/M20 team members - WOC, JWOC, World Games, World Cup,
Bushrangers, Australian University team; Oceania W/M20 and elite teams.
It
is desirable, but not mandatory for all regular participants in NOL / NS
races at elite or M/W20 level to complete the courses. This is because anyone who participates in
these races can potentially be subject to drug testing. However, we do not wish to discourage
participants who are older or relatively inexperienced from being able to race
the occasional NOL / NS event. Age
group orienteers are also welcome and encouraged to
do the courses.
COURSES:
Compulsory:
- Level 1 Anti-Doping Course (or Level 1 Fast Track Course-if confident
of your knowledge)
- Level 2 Anti-Doping Test
Basically everyone must do both of these.
IF you have already done Level 1, then you are able to go straight to
Level 2 Anti-Doping Test, which is much shorter than Level 1.
Level 2 will need to be
done annually, by Easter each year. This revises some core knowledge
but also introduces concepts which are new or changed in the past 12
months. Optional:
-Learning Updates. A series of short interactive videos about
current trends in anti-doping.
WHERE:
These courses can be accessed via the ASADA Pure Performance Online
learning system http://www.asada.gov.au/education/index.html
Then go to E-Learning in the
yellow box on the Right hand side.
You will need to create a log-in and password.
WHEN? Before Easter – April 18th
WHY?
-Education about this subject needs to be ongoing as
changes occur regularly re banned substances and testing methodologies.
-ASADA has reported a rise in “state level” athletes being
sanctioned for doping rule violations and testing can occur at any level, not
just in the elite.
-It is important that all orienteers are responsible in
protecting their own and Orienteering’s sporting integrity and thus we have a
fair and level “playing field.”
Then go to E-Learning in the yellow box on
the Right hand side.
You will need to create a log-in and password.
HOW MONITORED?
OA’s Anti-Doping Officer, (Nick Dent starts this role in
April) simply rings the ASADA Education Officer and will receive a list of all
orienteers that have completed each level.
You do not need to forward certificates, as in past years.
COMPLIANCE
All team members of any Australian elite or junior team
will be required to have completed Level 1 & 2 within 7 days of selection,
or else selection will be withdrawn.
Orienteering Australia is not going to chase people on this
– it’s your responsibility as a committed athlete.
I.T. PROBLEMS
Last
year some people experienced IT issues due to some problems with the ASADA
website. I have been told that these
have been rectified.
However,
for any IT related problems or with logging on etc please forward your queries
to the ASADA Education Officer, Chris Butler - chris.butler@asada.gov.au
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Updated WADA Prohibited List
The
2014 List of Prohibited Substances and Methods took effect on January 1,
2014.
The
List – which was approved by WADA’s Executive Committee on September 11, 2013
– can be viewed at WADA’s website or through the free iPhone application.
The List can also be accessed using other mobile
devices via the mobile site
Supplements
Because supplement
manufacturing processes can lead to their contents varying from batch to batch,
ASADA cannot advise whether, at any particular time, a specific supplement, or
batch of a supplement, contains prohibited substances.
Athletes who take
supplements are, therefore, at risk of committing an inadvertent anti-doping
rule violation. The presence of a prohibited substance in a supplement product
may result in an anti-doping rule violation, whether its use was intentional or
unintentional.
Under the World Anti-Doping
Code strict liability principle, athletes are ultimately responsible for any
substance found in their body, regardless of how it got there.
Therapeutic
Use Exemptions
Athletes may at times need to
use a prohibited medication to treat a legitimate medical condition.
A Therapeutic Use Exemption (TUE) is an exemption that
allows an athlete to use, for therapeutic purposes only, an otherwise
prohibited substance or method (of administering a substance) which may be
present during competition.
Kay Haarsma
(current anti-doping officer)
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