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The International Standard for the Prohibited List is the standard published by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) that lists substances prohibited in competitive sport. [1] [2] It is updated at least once per year as required by the World Anti-Doping Code.
A therapeutic use exemption (TUE), also known as a temporary use exemption, is a term created in 1991 [1] and refers to an official medical document. The document gives an athlete permission to take a medication listed on the World Anti-Doping Agency’s (WADA) Prohibited List, normally prohibited because its use would be considered a performance enhancing drug.
WADA was also accused of having a double-standard as Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva tested positive for TMZ and used the same excuse, but was subsequently banned for four years. WADA argued, based on non-published information and pharmacokinetics, that contamination would not have been possible in Valieva's case. In the case of the ...
"Exposure to carbon monoxide (CO) has been discussed by WADA’s prohibited list expert advisory group on several occasions," WADA told Reuters in a statement.
Marijuana remains on WADA's "prohibited list," even as U.S. states decriminalize it and major American sports leagues no longer punish users.
A hand-picked group of pharmacologists, toxicologists and other experts took a fresh look at whether cannabis met at least two of WADA’s three criteria for inclusion on its list of prohibited ...
A list of WADA-banned substances is regularly published to the public and amended as scientific knowledge expands. [1] The IAAF and anti-doping bodies undertake in-competition sampling of athletes blood and urine in order to detect where athletes have taken banned substances. This is also complemented by out-of-competition tests during the ...
The use of performance-enhancing drugs (doping in sport) is prohibited within the sport of athletics.Athletes who are found to have used such banned substances, whether through a positive drugs test, the biological passport system, an investigation or public admission, may receive a competition ban for a length of time which reflects the severity of the infraction.