Bans doubled under WADA’s new code
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A REVISED World Anti-Doping Code, doubling the bans for cheats in sport, was adopted yesterday.
It was passed by the board of the World Anti-Doping Agency at the end of three days of deliberation by some 1,000 delegates attending the World Conference on Doping in Sport in Johannesburg.
“We are now equipped to go forward in the best possible way with a set of rules. It’s a good day for sport, for athletes and for our future,” said outgoing WADA President John Fahey.
The revised code, which comes into effect in 2015, doubles the ban for those found guilty of doping to four years, seeks smarter testing and targets support staff around athletes, such as errant doctors.
“I firmly believe that the revised code will put the interest of clean athletes as the No. 1 priority,” Fahey said.
The new code, which gives WADA wider powers, was the final act of a two-year process involving some 4,000 suggested changes to the last code, adopted five years ago.
Bans for drug cheats will go up from two to four years, effectively excluding them from the next Olympic Games. The code also introduces more flexibility in the punishment of athletes who are found to have mistakenly taken banned substances or who cooperate with doping investigations.
WADA’s statute of limitations will be extended from eight to 10 years, allowing anti-doping agencies to store and test samples for up to a decade and enabling retrospective testing as technology advances.
Later in the day, Craig Reedie was elected WADA president.
The IOC vice president from Britain was the only candidate to succeed former Australian politician Fahey. He was elected unanimously at WADA’s foundation board meeting.
Makhenkesi Stofile of South Africa was elected vice president, also unopposed. Both men will take office on January 1 and will serve two-year terms.
Reedie is the former head of the British Olympic Association and the International Badminton Federation. Stofile is currently South Africa’s ambassador to Germany.
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