Anti-Doping Rules For London 2012


Below you can find some selected articles from the Anti-Doping Rules for the Olympic Games in London 2012.

 

Rule 4.1: The IOC is responsible for Doping Control during the Period of the London Olympic Games. The IOC is entitled to delegate all or part of its responsibility for Doping Control to one or several other organisations. The Period of the London Olympic Games, , is defined as “the period commencing on the date of the opening of the Olympic village for the London Olympic Games, namely, 16 July 2012 up until and including the day of the closing ceremony of the London Olympic Games, namely,12 August 2012”. All Athletes participating at the London Olympic Games shall be subject, during the Period of the London Olympic Games, to Doping Control initiated by the IOC at any time or place, with No Advance Notice. Such Doping Control shall be deemed to be In-Competition for purposes of the Prohibited List, and therefore may include Testing for all Prohibited Substances and all Prohibited Methods referred to in the Prohibited List. 4.5.1:Athlete Whereabouts Requirements Each NOC is required to ensure that each Athlete participating on its behalf in the London Olympic Games provides to the IOC, whereabouts information(if applicable as per the Athlete’s registration in a Registered Testing Pool) or information as to his or her location during the Period of the London Olympic Games. so that the IOC can locate each such Athlete accordingly during that period... Article 5: ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES 5.1 Storage of Samples and delayed analysis Storage of Samples and delayed analysis Samples shall be stored in a secure manner at the laboratory or as otherwise directed by the IOC and may be further analysed. Consistent with Article 17 of the Code, the ownership of the samples is vested in the IOC for eight years. During this period, the IOC shall have the right to re-analyse Samples, it being understood that the relevant International Standards, as they may be amended from time to time, shall apply as appropriate. Any anti-doping rule violation discovered as a result thereof shall be dealt with in accordance with these Rules. After this period of eight years and provided the Athlete has given his/her written consent at the time of collection of the samples, the ownership of the samples shall be transferred to the laboratory for purposes of research, provided that all means of identification of the Athletes will be removed and destroyed and that proof of this destruction shall be provided to the IOC. ARTICLE 9 CONSEQUENCES TO TEAMS 9.1: Where more than one member of a team in a Team Sport has been notified of a possible anti-doping rule violation under Article 6 in connection with the London Olympic Games, the team shall be subject to Target Testing for the London Olympic Games. In Team Sports, if more than one team member is found to have committed an anti-doping rule violation during the Period of the London Olympic Games, the team may be subject to Disqualification or other disciplinary action, as provided in the applicable rules of the relevant International Federation. In sports which are not Team Sports but where awards are given to teams, if one or more team members have committed an anti-doping rule violation during the Period of the London Olympic Games, the team may be subject to Disqualification, and/or other disciplinary action as provided in the applicable rules of the relevant International Federation. You can read all the rules here: http://www.olympic.org/Documents/Games_London_2012/Anti-doping/IOC_Anti-Doping_Rules_London%20_2012-eng.pdf

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