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	Sport – Doping
		Doping is a hindrance to sports ethics and a threat to the health of athletes.
		Historically, doping is the first of the Council of Europe's concerns in sport.
		Since then, the Organisation has continued to strengthen its commitment to reducing and, in the long run, eradicating doping from sport.
	www.coe.int /t/dg4/sport/Doping/Default_en.asp (151 words)

	EUROPA - Sport- Actions sport - Fight against doping
		Sporting calendars are getting fuller and fuller.Sportsmen also have to keep up with a system which is making top-flight athletes and players more and more frail and tired.
		Sportsmen and women are, in a sense, acting under pressure from an environment which practically makes doping essential.In the broader context, however, we need to stress that this need to resort to artificial ways of carrying off a performance is at odds with the basic values of sport as a social, cultural and educational activity.
		Sport is, first and foremost, an activity unlike any other, one which relies on rules which are not supposed to be open to dispute and must be respected.
	ec.europa.eu /sport/action_sports/dopage/what_doping_en.html (2051 words)

	Australian Sports Commission - Ethics in Sport
		Sporting organisations, governments and individual athletes realise that action is required to eliminate the use of prohibited substances in sport to:
		ASADA commenced operation on 14 March 2006 and incorporates the functions of the former Australian Sports Drug Agency (ASDA), the Australian Sports Drug Medical Advisory Committee (ASDMAC), and the Australian Sports Commission’s previous anti-doping functions concerning sport policy approval, monitoring and compliance.
		The ASC requires all ASC recognised and funded national sporting organisations (NSOs) to adopt World Anti-Doping Code compliant anti-doping policies that are approved by ASADA and to submit to the jurisdiction of ASADA.
	www.ausport.gov.au /ethics/antidoping.asp (421 words)

	Doping in sport - a deadly game
		Doping in sport is not a new phenomenon; athletes have taken performance-enhancing agents since the beginning of time.
		Sports is a special population and warrants the same knowledge as drugs in pregnancy, lactation, elderly and children.
		Doping in sport not only contravenes the spirit of fair competition it can be seriously detrimental to athletes' health.
	www.theathlete.org /doping-in-sport.htm (4439 words)

	CBC Sports Online: Drugs and Sport: Top 10 Doping Scandals
		In 1998, she became the first doped athlete to return her medals and ask that her name be removed from the record books.
		The latest scar on the sport is the connection between San Francisco Giants left fielder Barry Bonds and the nutritional supplements company BALCO, the Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative, which is reportedly the source of the designer steroid, THG.
		Over the past decade, the sporting world has seen a rash of positive tests for the banned steroid nandrolone, giving it the unofficial title as the most common drug used – intentionally or inadvertently by athletes today.
	www.cbc.ca /sports/indepth/drugs/stories/top10.html (2880 words)

	HealthM8 - Sport - Doping
		Doping is the term given to using certain banned drugs and methods in sport.
		It refers to drugs and methods which might be used in an attempt to improve performance, gaining an unfair advantage, to alter body shape, and also drugs which can be used to treat injury or illness, which if misused, may cause damage to your health.
		Governing bodies of sport, together with UK Sport, have introduced measures to try to prevent doping, both to make sportspeople aware of the dangers, and to make sure there is no cheating.
	www.healthm8.net /drugs/06_sport/06_1_sport_doping.cfm (137 words)

	The Sport - Anti-Doping Policy (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Doping is fundamentally contrary to the spirit of sport.
		Doping is defined as the occurrence of one or more of the anti-doping rule violations set forth in Article 2.1 through Article 2.8 of these Anti-Doping Rules.
		Doping Control Samples shall be analyzed to detect Prohibited Substances and Prohibited Methods identified on the Prohibited List and other substances as may be directed by WADA pursuant to the Monitoring Program described in Article 4.5 of the Code.
	www.iwf.net /sport/antidoping.html (9084 words)

	Drenched in drugs
		Unfortunately, his blood showed signs of doping, and he was heaved from the 1999 race.
		One year after a doping scandal struck the Tour de France bike race like a mass crash on a mountain descent, it's déjà vu all over again.
		Although doping seems common in pro cycling, the top U.S. team is "adamantly against any kind of performance-enhancing drug," says Margot Myers, spokesperson for the Postal Service team, which will compete again in the Tour.
	whyfiles.org /090doping_sport (681 words)

	International Convention against Doping in Sport: UNESCO
		Recognizing that the elimination of doping in sport is dependent in part upon progressive harmonization of anti-doping standards and practices in sport and cooperation at the national and global levels,
		The purpose of this Convention, within the framework of the strategy and programme of activities of UNESCO in the area of physical education and sport, is to promote the prevention of and the fight against doping in sport, with a view to its elimination.
		A “Fund for the Elimination of Doping in Sport”, hereinafter referred to as “the Voluntary Fund”, is hereby established.
	portal.unesco.org /en/ev.php-URL_ID=31037&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html (5095 words)

	UK Sport - Leading the UK to sporting excellence
		UK Sport has welcomed the news that Christine Ohuruogu has been cleared to compete in the Olympic Games.
		The Tournament, which will bring together the world’s best Under 20 teams, will take place between 6 -22 June and is another world championship event supported by UK Sport’s World Class Events Programme in 2008.
		UK Sport Podcast - November Edition Out Now
	www.uksport.gov.uk (167 words)

	Ethical Sport : Doping
		Doping involves prohibited substances or methods that enhance performance, risk health and/or are contrary to the spirit of sport.
		Doping is a serious ethical issue that affects all stakeholders including sport administrators, sport enthusiasts, coaches, spectators, athletes and the media.
		Members of the Canadian sport community may be eligible to access all articles for free at www.canadiansport.ca.
	www.ethicalsport.ca /eng/doping.cfm (366 words)

	Sports Doping Is Everyone's Problem -- Outsports.com
		Doping is an ethical issue, a scientific issue, and a health issue, but it is foremost a philosophical issue—and it’s this analysis that’s being neglected.
		Skiing is a rather obscure sport in the larger scheme of things and, in comparison to sports where seven-figure contracts sit temptingly on the post-collegiate horizon, the pressures to use drugs there must be almost unbearable.
		With methods such as gene doping on the horizon, sport is climbing toward a moment of truth.
	www.outsports.com /columns/2005/0209quinndoping.htm (1478 words)

	Canadian Policy on Doping in Sport
		The Canadian Policy Against Doping in Sport is grounded in the fundamental commitment to safeguard the integrity and values of sport and to protect the health of individuals from the unethical practice of doping.
		Doping is contrary to the spirit of sport.
		Sport Organizations committed to doping-free sport will adopt the POLICY and the General Principles and Rules and Standards of the Canadian Anti-Doping Program as part of their governing documents and thus as an important part of the rules of sport and the rights and obligations governing their members and Participants.
	www.pch.gc.ca /progs/sc/pol/dop/index_e.cfm (1686 words)

	Centre for Sport and Law Inc.
		Any Sport Governing Body committed to drug-free sport may adopt this Policy as part of their governing documents and thus as part of the rights and obligations established in their contractual relationship with members.
		Doping and Doping-Related Infractions shall not be deemed to have occurred when an individual takes a substance which is required for treatment or control of a medical condition and for which an exemption has been granted, in writing, by CCES.
		The onus for meeting the requirements for sport reintegration rests with the sanctioned individual and all requests for such reinstatement shall be heard by an independent adjudicator whose decision shall be final and binding.
	www.brocku.ca /sportlaw/doping/dopingpolicy.htm (2403 words)

	Doping in Elite Sport (BOOK)
		Doping in Elite Sport: The Politics of Drugs in the Olympic Movement addresses the challenges and complexities of the issue.
		A thorough chronology of performance-enhancing drug use in sport precedes discussions of the ethical and cultural dimensions of the issue.
		The first anthology on performance-enhancing drugs in sport, Doping in Elite Sport: The Politics of Drugs in the Olympic Movement is a critical examination of the failure to control the use of banned performance-enhancing drugs in the international sports arena.
	www.mesomorphosis.com /store/books/doping-in-elite-sports.html (391 words)

	UK Sport welcomes doping convention
		UK Sport has welcomed the news that the 30th nation in the world has ratified the International Convention against Doping in Sport, meaning the first global treaty against doping in sport will come into force on 1 February 2007.
		The International Convention against Doping in Sport is the treaty formalising the commitment of governments to the fight against doping in sport.
		John Scott, Director of Drug-Free Sport at UK Sport, said: “This is excellent news and a real boost to the global fight against doping in sport.
	www.uksport.gov.uk /news/uk_sport_welcomes_doping_convention (371 words)

	Blood doping
		One way to look at the problem is to gripe about "tainted athletes." On the positive side, the rise of doping is a sign of progress.
		Unable to measure EPO itself, the mandarins of international cycling at Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) rely on a surrogate test that measures the density of cells in the blood.
		Whether Pantani, whose trademark is breaking away from the pack on a hill, is telling the truth or not, it's true that detecting EPO is tricky, since training at high altitude also increases the number of red blood cells.
	whyfiles.org /090doping_sport/3.html (767 words)

	BBC SPORT \| Sport's new doping threat
		Athletes in many sports, particularly winter sports, are known to be transfusing blood from their team mates and coaches as a way of boosting their stamina and improving their chances of winning medals.
		Blood doping began back in the 1960s with athletes withdrawing their own blood, storing it and only re-injecting it prior to competition when their body had already replaced the missing liquid.
		Scientists are so concerned about the development that a group of experts in blood doping have written to the World Anti-Doping Agency to express their concern at the prevalence of blood doping in elite sport.
	news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/hi/front_page/2965802.stm (1291 words)

	Duke Conference On Doping In Sport
		Pipe is frequently quoted in the international press on the subject of drugs in sport, and is considered by his international audience to be a preeminent expert on the subject.
		Apart from his interest in the field of drugs and sports, Dr. Wadler has focused much of his attention on the sport of tennis, where, amongst other things, he was the Official Tournament Physician for the United States Open Tennis Championships for eleven years, and was a member of the U.S. Open Championships Tournament Committee.
		Welten is both an avid sports enthusiast and a practicing attorney with special expertise in the areas of sports business and law.
	www.law.duke.edu /sportscenter/participants.html (4089 words)

	Lausanne Declaration on Doping in Sport
		In accordance with the wishes of the athletes, the NOCs and a large majority of the Ifs, the minimum required sanction for major doping substances or prohibited methods shall be a suspension of the athlete from all competition for a period of two years, for a first offense.
		In order to protect athletes and their rights in the area of disciplinary procedure, the general principles of law, such as the right to a hearing, the right to legal assistance, and the right to present evidence and call witnesses, will be confirmed and incorporated into all applicable procedures.
		The collaboration in the fight against doping between sports organizations and public authorities shall be reinforced according to the responsibilities of each party.
	www.thesportjournal.org /VOL2No2/LAUSANNE.HTM (610 words)

	Doping News 2005, Part 1 - Doping Journal ( ISSN 1812-948X )
		Youth and Sports Minister Datuk Azalina Othman said the conference, to be held in December 2006, would bring together anti-doping experts in the region with the purpose of enhancing and promoting anti-doping programmes in sports in the region.
		Sport as a factor of social identity: Organised by the Swiss Commission for UNESCO and in collaboration with several Swiss press associations, the day began with an introductory speech from IOC President Jacques Rogge, who then answered numerous questions from those attending.
		Doping allegations are always a serious matter and we must do a complete and thorough investigation, a spokesman for the Russian Football Union quoted Mutko as saying on Tuesday.
	dopingjournal.org /news/news2005.html (13879 words)

	UCI announces full review of sport to fight doping; Major Tours might be curtailed - iht,sports,cycling,Road Worlds ...
		At the end of a doping-tainted season, UCI President Pat McQuaid said an independent team of academics would lead a yearlong audit of the sport and said any change would have to be accepted if it helped reduce the spate of doping cases.
		The major tours in France, Italy and Spain have long objected to the curtailing of their schedules, even though there is criticism that the length and intensity of the races could drive cyclists toward doping.
		On top of the complete review of the sport, the UCI will also study the possibility of imposing mandatory DNA testing on elite cyclists to beef up the fight against doping.
	www.iht.com /articles/ap/2006/09/23/sports/EU_SPT_CYC_Road_Worlds_Doping.php (741 words)

	Doping in Elite Sport Book (Copyright 2001, 312 pages)
		He is a member of the North American Society for Sport History and the Research Council of the Olympic Studies Centre in Lausanne, Switzerland.
		He also is the sports business analyst for Marketplace, a business news show airing on public radio stations across the United States.
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	www.onlinesports.com /pages/I,HK-0-73600-329-0.html (893 words)

	The Health Report: 29 March 2004 - Doping in Sport
		The solution seems to us in the sport side of things to be to get on board early and that as the scientists move from the laboratory benches to clinical trials and then to the application of tested technologies, the means for detecting the use in healthy athletes.
		Then what we have to do is to give all of the athletes the overwhelming percentage of whom compete fairly, the confidence that the old guys in the blazers will be able to catch people who cheat, so that they’re not forced into that dilemma of having to level the playing field by themselves.
		Gene doping is based on the technology of gene therapy, altering genes or replacing them with new ones, normally to correct disease, but in this case, in the healthiest people on the planet, to make them even more superhuman.
	www.abc.net.au /rn/talks/8.30/helthrpt/stories/s1076995.htm (1758 words)

	Cycling body asks WADA to intervene in Spanish doping probe - iht,sports,cycling,UCI Doping - Sports - International ...
		He recently said the sport's image was "in the toilet" following the latest doping scandals.
		On Wednesday, McQuaid is due to meet with representatives of the professional cycling teams in Paris to discuss the development of a common anti-doping strategy.
		Last month, the UCI announced a complete review of its anti-doping procedures because of the number of high-profile cases this summer, including the elevated ratios of testosterone to epitestosterone and presence of synthetic testosterone found in Tour de France winner Floyd Landis' samples.
	www.iht.com /articles/ap/2006/10/24/sports/EU_SPT_CYC_UCI_Doping.php (455 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > Sports -- Doping scandal strips Tour de France of its favorites (Site not responding. Last check: )
		It's the biggest doping crisis to the hit the sport since the Festina scandal in 1998 nearly derailed the Tour.
		The Spanish doping scandal erupted in May when police carried out arrests and raids, seizing drugs and frozen blood thought to have been prepared for banned, performance-enhancing transfusions.
		Comunidad Valenciana had its invitation to compete in the Tour rescinded, but the Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled Thursday that the Astana-Wurth team – which includes favorite Alexandre Vinokourov – could not be excluded from the race.
	www.signonsandiego.com /sports/20060630-0539-cyc-tourdefrance-doping.html (676 words)

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