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DOPING IN SPORT

• In competitive sports, doping is the use of banned athletic performance-enhancing drugs by athletic competitors.
• The term doping is widely used by organizations that regulate sporting competitions.

INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION AGAINST DOPING IN SPORT

• The International Convention against Doping in Sport is a multilateral UNESCO treaty by which states agree to adopt national measures to prevent and eliminate drug doping in sport.
• Location – Paris, France The Convention was adopted at the General Conference of UNESCO in Paris on 19 October 2005.

WORLD ANTI-DOPING AGENCY

• The World Anti-Doping Agency is a foundation initiated by the International Olympic Committee based in Canada to promote, coordinate and monitor the fight against drugs in sports.
• Headquarters – Montreal, Quebec, Canada

SHAW

• He made his Test debut against West Indies on 4 October 2018.
• In that match, he scored his maiden century in Tests and became the youngest batsman to make a Test century on debut for India (18 years and 319 days).

WHAT IS TERBUTALINE

• The drug name is terbutaline it is indeed found in few cough syrups, it has properties than can increase anaerobic respiration (which makes you less tiresome) and also help build muscle in an athlete.
•  The terbutaline has been kept in the category of banned drugs by WADA because it increases muscle strength.
•  TERBUTALINE Terbutaline is generally used to treat problems related to breathing and can be consumed if the athlete in question avails a Therapeutic Use Exemption (TUE) certificate in advance, which Shaw didn’t avail.

BCCI CONFLICT OF INTEREST

• In a stern letter to BCCI CEO Rahul Johri, the Sports Ministry said that the board’s anti-doping programme lacked robustness and hinted at a conflict of interest since the BCCI itself tests and hands out punishment to its players.
• The Ministry also said that the BCCI did not have the right to conduct dope tests on players since it is not authorised by the government or the World Anti Doping Agency (WADA). “Article 5.2 of WADA Code provides for sampling of athletes only by an Anti Doping Organisation with testing authority. It is a matter of fact that BCCI is neither an anti-doping organisation with testing authority under WADA Code nor it can acquire such a status,”

BCCI VS GOVERNMENT

• The BCCI has been at loggerheads with the government for several years for not signing up with the National Anti Doping Agency (NADA), an autonomous body mandated to keep sports clean. While all other sports and sportspersons in the country follow regulations laid out by NADA, the cricket board has steadfastly refused to toe the line.
• The board has cited flaws in the testing agency’s procedures as one of the key reasons for not complying with its rules. It has also contended that since the BCCI is not a government-funded national federation, it is not subject to NADA’s jurisdiction, and claimed to have a “robust mechanism to ensure Indian cricket is free from doping”.

DOPING IN INDIAN SPORTS

• As many as 187 athletes tested positive during the doping test in 2018-19 out of a total of 4,348, the Lok Sabha was informed
• Replying to an unstarred question, Union Sports and Youth Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju said: “In 2018-2019, out of a total of 4,348, 187 athletes were tested positive while in 2017-18 out of 3,822 only 74 were tested positive.”

 INDIA’S BAD REPUTATION

• INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ATHLETICS FEDERATIONS
• IAAF puts India in ‘high doping risk’ club

2018 WADA REPORT

• India maintained their dubious record of being among top 10 nations with regards to doping violations being joint sixth as World AntiDoping Agency (WADA) published its report as per samples collected in 2016.

INDIA MUST LEARN FROM RUSSIA’S MISTAKE

• Doping in Russian sports has a systemic nature. Russia has had 41 Olympic medals stripped for doping violations – the most of any country, more than three times the number of the runner-up, and more than one-quarter of the global total.

DOPING CAN CAUSE NATIONAL SHAME AT OLYMPICS

WHAT WE NEED TO DO

• We need to raise awareness about WADA guidelines
• Sportsmen need to be made understood about doping and anti-doping laws
• BCCI must be brought under NADA

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