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New Anti-doping Logo
04/09/09 - The ITU Anti-doping team is pleased to present their new ITU Anti-doping logo. Please look for this logo at next week’s expo during the 2009 Gold Coast Dextro Energy Triathlon - ITU World Championship... |
Full StoryAnti-doping: Geranamine
27/08/09 - The International Triathlon Union (ITU) is a member of the Association of National Anti-doping Agencies (ANADO). The Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) is also a member of this organization. The... |
Full StoryAnti-doping: London Report
21/08/09 - A number of anti-doping activities took place surrounding the Dextro Energy Triathlon - ITU World Championship Series in London last week. The first event was that the ITU Athlete’s Committee met to... |
Full StoryAnti-doping: Therapeutic Use Exemption
30/07/09 - What is a Therapeutic Use Exemption? Athletes, like all others, may have illnesses or injuries which require them to take particular medications. If the medication which an athlete needs to treat an... |
Full StoryITU Events Department: Anti-doping
23/07/09 - Throughout the year, the ITU Events Department puts on courses for International Technical Officials and Event Organisers to certify and upgrade their skills on everything from the competition rules, to... |
Full StoryWorld Anti-Doping Symposium
07/05/09 - The World Anti-doping Agency (WADA) held its annual Anti-Doping Symposium in Lausanne, Switzerland at the end of April. This symposium brings together International Sports Federations, such as ITU, and... |
Full StoryANADO AGM in Dublin
01/05/09 - The Association of National Anti-Doping Organisations (ANADO) recently held its 12th workshop in Dublin, Ireland. At the Annual General Meeting before the workshop opened, the ITU was approved as an... |
Full StoryAnti-doping: International Standard for Testing
16/04/09 - The International Standard for Testing (IST) was also revised and came into force at the same time as the revised Code on January 1, 2009. According to WADA’s Play True magazine Issue 3-2008, “the... |
Full StoryResults Management For Atypical Findings
09/04/09 - All National Federations should have received a letter recently outlining the Results Management information that needs to be reported to the International Triathlon Union. If your National Federation did... |
Full StoryResults Management For Adverse Analytical Findings
02/04/09 - International level testing results: - Upon receipt of an adverse analytical finding involving one of your triathletes during an ITU sanctioned event or out-of competition on behalf of the ITU, the ITU... |
Full StoryAnti-Doping News: IST Changes
27/03/09 - The ITU Newsletter has been focusing the past couple of months on the differences on the anti-doping changes in the World Anti-doping Agency Code from 2003 and the current 2009 WADA Code. The Code is not... |
Full StoryAnti-Doping News: Results Management
19/03/09 - ITU Results Management for January 2009 ITU is pleased to announce that all anti-doping test results received for January 2009 are negative. The In Competition events test results included the La Paz... |
Full StoryAnti-Doping News: UNESCO Convention
12/03/09 - The ITU Newsletter has been focusing on the differences on the anti-doping changes in the World Anti-doping Agency Code from 2003 and the current 2009 WADA Code. Another change between the old World... |
Full StoryAnti-Doping News: Erroneous Information
06/03/09 - The ITU Newsletter has been focusing on the differences on the anti-doping changes in the World Anti-doping Agency Code from 2003 and the current 2009 WADA Code. Another change between the old World... |
Full StoryAnti-Doping News: Atypical findings
25/02/09 - Atypical findings in anti-doping are an area of much concern and misunderstanding. The new World Anti-doping Agency (WADA) Code, effective January 1, 2009, has introduced the concept of atypical... |
Full StoryAnti-Doping News: Accelerated Management
19/02/09 - One of the many positive changes to the World Anti-doping Agencys (WADA) 2009 Code is the improvement of the accelerated management of doping cases. According to WADAs Play True magazine (Issue 3-2008) ... |
Full StoryAnti-Doping News: Incentives
13/02/09 - Another change from the World Anti-doping Agencys (WADAs) 2009 Code is incentives to come forward were strengthened from the 2003 Code. From WADAs Play True magazine (Issue 3-2008) the potential extent... |
Full StoryAnti-Doping News: Need for Greater Harmonization
04/02/09 - The 2003 World Anti-doping Agencys (WADAs) Code allowed for much more flexibility than the 2009 WADA Code that was put into effect on January 1st, 2009. One of the goals of the new Code is greater... |
Full StoryAnti-Doping Update: Specific Substances
29/01/09 - This weeks installment about Anti-Doping continues to highlight the changes to the World Anti-doping Agency (WADA) Code which took effect on January 1st, 2009. This section will discuss the changes that... |
Full StoryIncreased Sanctions in Doping Cases
22/01/09 - The revised World Anti-doping Code (WADAC) came into effect on January 1st, 2009. The WADAC was always meant to be a living document which would change to meet the needs of an effective global... |
Full StoryWADA 2009 Prohibited List
16/01/09 - As of January 1st, 2009, ITU is bound by the WADA 2009 Prohibited List, which is an international standard that identifies Substances and Methods which are prohibited in-competition and out-of... |
Full StoryITU Registered Testing Pool
07/01/09 - The International Triathlon Union has announced its Registered Testing Pool (RTP) for the first quarter of 2009 (January 1 – March 31st, 2009). The athletes who are ranked in the top-50 of the world... |
Full StoryHütthaler banned for two years
07/11/08 - In a continued effort to keep triathlon clean and drug-free, the International Triathlon Union (ITU) today announced it will uphold a 2-year ban imposed by the Austrian National Anti-Doping Agency on... |
Full StoryAnti-Doping Results
09/10/08 - Under the ITU Anti-Doping Rules and WADA Code, all National Federations must report all tests done each quarter to ITU. Therefore, all National Federations are requested to send in all 2008 Anti-Doping... |
Full StoryWADA News and Updates
21/09/08 - The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) announced today that its Executive Committee approved the List of Prohibited Substances and Methods for 2009. This new List will be published online by October 1,... |
Full StoryITU imposes 2-year ban on Gaag
06/09/08 - Yesterday The International Triathlon Union (ITU) announced it has imposed a two-year ban on Dmitriy Gaag, a triathlete from Kazakhstan, after committing an anti-doping rule violation in an... |
Full StoryNew anti-doping Levels for Beijing
04/07/08 - More tests Tougher testing regime New eligibility requirements The International Olympic Committee (IOC) emphasised that the anti-doping effort at the Beijing Summer Games will be more extensive than... |
Full StoryIOC issues anti-doping rules for Beijing
23/05/08 - The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has issued the IOC Anti-Doping Rules which will be applied during the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. This important document has been sent to the National Olympic... |
Full StoryITU delegation at WADA conference
21/11/07 - The Third World Conference on Doping in Sport was recently held in Madrid, Spain organized by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and sponsored by the Spanish High Council. IOC and ITU Vice President, Mr... |
Full StoryDoping Violation
09/10/07 - (Vancouver, Canada October 9th, 2007) Hongni Wang Commits Anti-Doping Rule Violation. The International Triathlon Union (ITU) announced today that Hongni Wang, a triathlete from the Peoples Republic of... |
Full StoryDoping Controls for World Champs
20/08/07 - The International Triathlon Union and the German Triathlon Federation, the hosts and organizers of the Hamburg BG Triathlon World Championships have released important details in regards to the handling... |
Full StoryDon Suspended For Missed Tests
18/10/06 - British Triathlon has released the following information about British triathlete Tim Don. Don Receives Three Month Suspension For Missed Tests Tim Don, the World Triathlon Champion, has received a... |
Full StoryAnti-Doping Update
24/07/06 - Recently, the ITU Executive Board approved the new ITU Anti-Doping Rules which can be found on the ITU website at http://www.triathlon.org/docs/downloads-itu-doping-rules-2006.pdf . The World Anti-Doping... |
Full StoryExclusive Interview with WADA President, Dick Pound
11/01/05 - Charley Pelkey, the news editor of Velonews, recently travelled to Montreal and spent almost 2 hours with WADA President Dick Pound. While the article is driven by the doping issues in cycling, there is a... |
Full StoryNew International Standard for Therapeutic Use Exemptions (TUEs)
11/01/05 - The new International Standard for Therapeutic Use Exemptions is now available. click here for the entire document. This Standard includes changes approved by WADA’s Executive Committee at its meeting 20... |
Full StoryWADA EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE APPROVES 2005 PROHIBITED LIST
25/09/04 - The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) announced recently that its Executive Committee approved the Prohibited List of Substances and Methods for 2005. The new List will be published prior to October 1,... |
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