The Executive Committee of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) approved the list of prohibited substances for 2023, which will be published on October 1st, and agreed to postpone the inclusion of tramadol in it until January 1st, 2024, an issue for which Nairo Quintana was disqualified from the last Tour dde France.
The WADA explained that this delay, recommended by its Listing Expert Advisory Group, is to provide an additional year to communicate and educate athletes, their entourage and medical staff so that there is a better understanding of the practical application of the ban in competition. of the pain reliever.
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The organism, whose Executive met in Sydney (Australia)recalled that tramadol has been in its follow-up program, that it has shown significant use in sports, and that WADA-funded research has also confirmed the potential of tramadol to improve physical performance.
WADA’s decision comes after the case of Colombian cyclist Nairo Quintana, who was disqualified from the last Tour de France after testing positive for tramadol for the International Cycling Union (UCI)whose regulations prohibit its consumption in competition since March 1, 2019, despite not being included in the AMA list.
The cyclist resigned for this reason to participate in the recent Vuelta a España and has appealed his disqualification before the Sports Arbitration Court (CAS).
cannabis theme
At its second meeting this year, the Executive also supported keeping it on the list for 2023 the status of cannabis (THC)currently banned in competition, after a review process by the lists and ethics expert groups on its potential to improve sports performance, the risk it poses to the health of the athlete and contravene the spirit of sport.
WADA recalled that cannabis is only prohibited in competition when the urinary concentration exceeds a threshold of 15 ng/mL and that the inclusion of the “substances of abuse” provision in the Code from 2021 reduced the duration of the suspension of cannabis. two or even four years, to as little as one month for athletes who can prove the use was out of competition and not related to athletic performance.
WADA Director General Olivier Niggliassured that the body is aware of “the diversity of opinions on this substance throughout the world, and even within some countries”, but “is aware that the few requests for removal of THC from the Prohibited List are not supported by the comprehensive expert review.
“We are also aware that the laws of many countries – as well as extensive international regulatory laws and policies – support keeping cannabis on the List at this time,” he said.
According to what he said, his plan is to “continue research in this field in relation to the possible effects of THC in improving performance, its impact on the health of athletes and also in relation to the perception of cannabis by athletes, experts and other people from all over the world.
Russia?
The AMA announced that it continues to “closely monitor” the Russian Anti-Payment Agency (RUSADA) in order to be able to assess whether they meet all the reintegration conditions at the end of the two-year period, after the declaration of non-compliance by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in December 2020.
Also that it continues with the analysis of the recovery of data and samples of the Moscow Laboratory in 2019as a result of which another 17 sanctions have been imposed between May and July, which brings the total up to now to 138 and he hopes that there will be more.
The Executive followed the recommendation of the Compliance Review committee and agreed to include in the “watch list” the National Anti-Doping Organization of Puerto Rico (NADO), which was given an additional period of four months to adapt the country’s legislation to the 2021 version of the World Anti-Doping Code.
If the non-compliance is not resolved within that time, the AMA will automatically send the Puerto Rican agency a formal notification affirming the non-compliance and proposing consequences and reinstatement conditions.
Also on the recommendation of the review committee to provisionally excuse the previously reported breaches of the National Anti-Doping Center of Ukraine (NADC) for reasons of force majeure after the invasion of Russia, which prevents it from correcting its breaches in time.
The Executive approved granting WADA accreditation to the anti-doping laboratory in Lisbon and candidate accreditation to the one in Athens and reviewed the governance reforms approved last May, especially in the establishment of a new 20-member Athletes’ Council and the elections to the Advisory Group of Experts of the National Anti-Doping Organization (ONAD)) next November, the month in which it will hold a new meeting.
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