A Review on Different Approaches to Doping in Sports and Anti-Doping Policies

Oral Presentation

Abstract

Over the past decades, there has been an increase in the rules and protocols which help sportsmen play fair and make sure every athlete has an equal opportunity in the competitions. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) started to set rules against doping in 1961, by letting out a list of prohibited substances and methods during or out of the competitions, such as blood infusions, gene doping, and the use of performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs). In 1999 the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) was also created by the authorities, which later on, let out the World Anti-Doping Code to systemize the regulations against doping1. The Code was first published in 2002. The two main reasons for the anti-doping policies are the health of the competitors, and to ensure that all the competitors are equal in sports events. Although eliminating doping in sports would be unreachable, the main goal should be to control the behavior2. In this article, we intend to review the development of anti-doping policies and different approaches to doping in sports and also explore related cases.