Sanctions and Reports
Sanctions
Background: Code Article 14.3 requires ADOs to publicly disclose ADRVs under their jurisdiction. Publication on an ADO’s website is considered a minimum requirement. Public disclosure is not mandatory for minor athletes, protected persons or recreational athletes. An ADO may still choose to publicly disclose an ADRV/decision for a minor, protected person or recreational athlete, as long as it is proportionate to the facts and circumstances of the case (please refer to Code art. 14.3 for the specific conditions and requirements). (Reminder: All ADRVs must be promptly reported in ADAMS after notice to the athlete or other person concerned.)
Requirements:
- After notice has been provided to the athlete or other person
ADOs must publish the identity of any athlete or other person once they have been notified of a potential ADRV. The following information must be included:
- Name of the athlete or other person
- Nature of the ADRV, including the prohibited substance or method in cases of presence, use, attempted use or possession
- Whether the athlete or other person is subject to a provisional suspension
- No later than twenty (20) days after the final decision or the decision of an appeal’s body has been made
ADOs must make the following information publicly available for one month or the duration of the period of ineligibility (whichever is longer):
- Name of the athlete or other person
- Sport (Note: As an IF, it might be obvious what sport the athlete or other person is affiliated with, therefore instead of sport, you may wish to include the nationality and/or discipline)
- Anti-doping rule violated (including the prohibited substance or method involved if any)
- Consequences imposed
How to: ADRVs are usually publicly disclosed by ADOs in two ways:
- Communication via media/press release (on the ADO’s website and other communication channels)
- Decisions (status of cases) within the anti-doping section of their website
ADOs may compile one table with all decisions or have separate tables for each. WADA publishes a list of athlete support personnel or other people who are currently prohibited from working with athletes or other persons. A link to this resource page (https://www.wada-ama.org/en/resources/prohibited-association-list) should be included, either in this section or another visible section of your website.
If your ADO does not have any sanctioned athlete or other person, it should still dedicate a page or section to sanctions, with text such as, “There are no sanctions in force at this time”. This way it is clear to other ADOs (and WADA) that is looking for the information.
Examples:
| Name of Athlete/ Other Person (include role) | Sport/Discipline OR Nationality | Duration of sanction | Start of Sanction | End of Sanction | Details |
| Calamity Jane | Volleyball/Beach/CAN | 4 years | Jan 1, 2023 | Dec 31, 2027 | Presence/use of a prohibited substance (EPO); out-of-competition test; disqualification of results from Dec 1, 2022 |
| Name of Athlete/ Other Person (include role) | Nationality | Details (include sport/discipline, ADRV, details, sanction and start/end dates for period of ineligibility) |
| Jack Sparrow (athlete) | USA | Casting, Article 2.1 and Article 2.2 Presence/Use of a Prohibited Substance (19-Norandrosterone), 4 years ineligibility from 14 February 2022 – DQ results from 15 December 2021 – Final CAS Decision |
| Name (include role if related to a non-athlete) | Sport/Discipline | Violation | Sanction(s)/Ineligibility period | Media/ Decision |
| James Bond | Shooting | Refusal | Disqualification; withdrawal of medal; 4 years; ends 20 March 2026 | Link to CAS Decision |
Statistical report of doping control activities
Background: Article 14.4 of the Code states that ADOs must, at least annually, publish publicly a general statistical report of their doping control activities and provide a copy to WADA. WADA also must publish, at least annually, statistical reports summarizing the information that it receives from ADOs and laboratories.
Requirements: Article 14.4 refers to “doping control” activities, which the Code defines as:
“All steps and processes from test distribution planning through to ultimate disposition of any appeal and the enforcement of Consequences, including all steps and processes in between, including but not limited to, Testing, investigations, whereabouts, TUEs, Sample collection and handling, laboratory analysis, Results Management and investigations or proceedings relating to violations of Article 10.14 (Status During Ineligibility or Provisional Suspension).”
The report should, therefore, include statistics on the following areas:
- Testing (test planning and sample collection)
- Whereabouts
- TUEs
- Results management
- Investigations
Even if your ADO is doing little or had no doping control activities (i.e. during the Pandemics), it should still dedicate a page or section to statistics and include text such as, “There were no doping control activities to report on at this time”. This way it is clear to other ADOs (and WADA) that are looking for the information.
How-to: Using the reporting functionality in ADAMS is an efficient way to collect data for some areas of your report. Information that you could include in your report:
- Testing/doping control:
- Test planning
- Number of tests planned by type of athlete (e.g. national, international, registered testing pool, testing pool, etc)
- Number of tests planned in-competition/out-of-competition
- Number of tests planned by type of sample (e.g. urine, blood, ABP, dried blood spot, etc)
- Number of tests planned by type of analysis (e.g. EPO, growth hormone, growth hormone releasing factor (GHRF), etc)
- Number of athletes tested
- By discipline/country
- By in-competition/out-of-competition
- Number of samples collected
- By discipline/country
- By in-competition/out-of-competition
- By type of sample (urine, blood, ABP, DBS, etc)
- Whereabouts:
- Number of athletes/teams in Registered Testing Pool (RTP)
- Number of athletes/teams in Testing Pool (TP)
- Number of athletes/teams in other whereabouts pools
- Therapeutic Use Exemptions (TUEs):
- Number of applications received/reviewed
- Number of TUE applications pending
- Number of TUEs approved
- Number of TUEs denied
- Number of TUEs recognized
- Number of TUE decisions appealed
- Number of medication enquiries not requiring a TUE application
- Results Management:
Note: Some results management activities may not be completed within the reporting period (such as activities related to appeals and sanctioning). A note to this effect should be included with the reported statistics.
- Number of adverse passport findings
- Hematological Module
- Steroidal Module
- Number of adverse analytical findings (AAFs)
- By discipline/country
- By in-competition/out-of-competition
- By type of sample (urine, blood, ABP, DBS)
- By type of analysis (EPO, GH, GHRF, other)
- Number of anti-doping rule violations (ADRVs)
- By discipline/country
- By in-competition/out-of-competition
- By type of sample (urine, blood, ABP, DBS)
- By type of analysis (EPO, GH, GHRF, other)
- Number of non-analytical anti-doping rule violations (by athletes and by athlete support personnel)
- Number of decisions pending
- Number of athletes and/or athlete support personnel exonerated following the conclusion of the disciplinary proceedings
- Number of sanctions
- Number of decisions appealed
- Intelligence
- Number of alerts/reports received
- Number of investigations opened
- Number of ongoing investigations
- Number of closed investigations
The statistical report can take various forms, including:
- A table on a webpage or in a document that can be downloaded
- Graphical representation using charts and other graphics
- As part of an annual report that is easily found on your ADO’s website
Examples/sample text:
| Discipline | Total Athletes Tested | Urine Samples | Blood Samples | DBS Samples | ESA Samples | GHRF Samples | ABP Samples | AAFs | ||
| (IC) | (OOC) | (IC) | (OOC) | |||||||
| Short track | ||||||||||
| Speed skating | ||||||||||
| Figure skating | ||||||||||
| Total | ||||||||||
| Sample Collection Activities · Total completed tests · Samples collected from X athletes representing X countries o X in-competition o X out-of-competition o X urine samples o X blood samples · Results management o X AAFs o X athletes or persons sanctioned |
| Nationality | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Total | ||||||
| IC | OOC | IC | OOC | IC | OOC | IC | OOC | IC | OOC | All | |
| CAN | |||||||||||
| SUI | |||||||||||
| POR | |||||||||||
| KEN | |||||||||||
| BAR | |||||||||||
| UK | |||||||||||
| Total | |||||||||||