Anti-Doping
Rule Violations
WADA defines the following 11 Anti-Doping Rule Violations:
- Presence of a prohibited substance or its metabolites or markers in an Athlete’s sample
- Use or attempted use by an Athlete of a prohibited substance or a prohibited method
- Evading, refusing or failing to submit to sample collection
- Whereabouts failures (any combination of three missed tests and/or filing failures within a 12-month period by an Athlete)
- Tampering or attempted tampering with any part of doping control
- Possession of a prohibited substance or a prohibited method
- Trafficking or attempted trafficking in any prohibited substance or prohibited method
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Administration or Attempted Administration by an Athlete or Other Person to any Athlete In-Competition of any Prohibited Substance or Prohibited Method, or Administration or Attempted Administration to any Athlete Out-of-Competition of any Prohibited Substance or any Prohibited Method that is Prohibited Out-of-Competition
- Complicity (assisting, encouraging, aiding, abetting, conspiring, covering up or any other type of intentional complicity involving an Anti-Doping Rule Violation)
- Prohibited Association
- Acts to discourage or retaliate against reporting to Authorities
OUR ADRV PROCESS
Below is a summary of our ADRV process. It is for informational purposes only. For more information, see Chapter D: IBU Anti-Doping Rules of the Integrity Code.
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The Biathlon Integrity Unit reviews the report; checks it against any relevant documents e.g. Therapeutic Use Exemption (TUE); and collects information from ADAMS
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The Biathlon Integrity Unit immediately notifies all Persons with a right to appeal and provides them with a case file containing all relevant information