Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of figures
- Table of cases
- Introduction
- 1 The development of principles relating to anti-doping regimes: the role of the Court of Arbitration for Sport
- 2 Overview of the Code and the World Anti-Doping Program
- 3 The International Standards in more detail
- 4 The nature of the Code and its interpretation and application
- 5 Articles 1 and 2 of the Code: anti-doping rule violations under the Code
- 6 Article 3 of the Code: the proof of anti-doping rule violations under the Code
- 7 Responsibility for testing and investigations, results management and hearings
- 8 Sanctions for anti-doping rule violations: Articles 9 and 10 of the Code
- 9 Article 13: appeals under the Code
- 10 Challenges to the Code in the courts
- 11 The way ahead: the 2009 Code
- Index
Introduction
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 June 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of figures
- Table of cases
- Introduction
- 1 The development of principles relating to anti-doping regimes: the role of the Court of Arbitration for Sport
- 2 Overview of the Code and the World Anti-Doping Program
- 3 The International Standards in more detail
- 4 The nature of the Code and its interpretation and application
- 5 Articles 1 and 2 of the Code: anti-doping rule violations under the Code
- 6 Article 3 of the Code: the proof of anti-doping rule violations under the Code
- 7 Responsibility for testing and investigations, results management and hearings
- 8 Sanctions for anti-doping rule violations: Articles 9 and 10 of the Code
- 9 Article 13: appeals under the Code
- 10 Challenges to the Code in the courts
- 11 The way ahead: the 2009 Code
- Index
Summary
The last two decades of the twentieth century saw many doping scandals concerning the major sporting events and leading athletes. Events such as the 1988 Olympic 100m final where a steroid-assisted Ben Johnson won the gold medal in startling fashion are etched in the sporting memories of many sports fans as tarnished magic moments. However, it was the doping affair conerning the Festina cycling team, which occurred during the 1998 Tour de France, which highlighted the need for more coordinated global action against doping. The foundation of the World Anti-Doping Authority (WADA), which was established as a private foundation under the laws of Switzerland on 10 November 1999 to promote, coordinate and monitor the fight against doping in sport in all its forms, was one important response to this need.
While doping scandals continue in the sporting world, WADA has been a highly visible player in efforts to combat doping in sport. The World Anti-Doping Program introduced by WADA, which has the World Anti-Doping Code (‘Code’) at its centre, has been at the heart of these efforts. This book seeks to provide a guide to the Code and the International Standards which operate together with the Code, for those who work with the Code whether as administrators, advisers or participants in sport.
Origins of WADA and the Code
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) convened the World Conference on Doping in Sport which took place in Lausanne in February 1999.
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- A Guide to the World Anti-Doping CodeA Fight for the Spirit of Sport, pp. 1 - 12Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2008
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