Athlete Anti-doping Survey Part 2

by World Triathlon Admin on 04 Jun, 2009 12:01

Recently, ITU elite athletes had an opportunity to take part in an Anti-doping Survey. This survey will serve to shape ITUs Anti-doping programme for the next few years. Last week, we revealed the first few questions to do with anti-doping education. We will continue with the anti-doping education questions this week. There were 132 responses.

1.Have you ever taken WADAs online anti-doping quiz?
Yes 20%
No 80%

2. Using the following scale with 1 being not very well informed and 5 being very well informed, how would you rate your knowledge of the following?

Prohibited List

Not well informed (1) 3%
Below average (2) 9%
Average (3) 35%
Above Average (4) 30%
Very well informed (5) 23%

WADA Code

Not well informed (1) 6%
Below average (2) 19%
Average (3) 38%
Above Average (4) 27%
Very well informed (5) 10%

ITU Anti-doping Rules

Not well informed (1) 5%
Below average (2) 11%
Average (3) 27%
Above Average (4) 36%
Very well informed (5) 21%

Therapeutic Use Exemptions

Not well informed (1) 9%
Below average (2) 15%
Average (3) 22%
Above Average (4) 33%
Very well informed (5) 21%

Athlete Whereabouts

Not well informed (1) 4%
Below average (2) 10%
Average (3) 20%
Above Average (4) 32%
Very well informed (5) 34%

Registered Testing Pool

Not well informed (1) 9%
Below average (2) 15%
Average (3) 18%
Above Average (4) 33%
Very well informed (5) 25%

Sample Collection Procedures

Not well informed (1) 5%
Below average (2) 8%
Average (3) 11%
Above Average (4) 30%
Very well informed (5) 46%

Athlete Rights during Sample Collection

Not well informed (1) -5%
Below average (2) 11%
Average (3) 25%
Above Average (4) 32%
Very well informed (5) 27%

Athlete Responsibilities during Sample Collection

Not well informed (1) 4%
Below average (2) 11%
Average (3) 20%
Above Average (4) 35%
Very well informed (5) 30%

WADAs ADAMS online system

Not well informed (1) 25%
Below average (2) 25%
Average (3) 15%
Above Average (4) 22%
Very well informed (5) 13%

As a signatory of the WADA Code, ITU is mandated to do education on anti-doping. In addition to these weekly newsletters, Anti-doping education is included in all ITU courses and ITU will be using WADAs Outreach program at the 2009 Dextro Energy Triathlon - ITU World Championship Grand Final Gold Coast.

If you would like more information on anti-doping, please do not hesitate to contact Leslie Buchanan, ITU Anti-doping Director at leslie.buchanan@triathlon.org