ADOP to lead target testing on competitors
Anti-Doping Organisation of Pakistan (ADOP) has decided to conduct target testing and has asked all the sports federations to share whereabouts of their competitors.
The positive tests of three Pakistani athletes: Gold medal winners Olympian Mehboob Ali (400m hurdles) & Hurdler Mohammad Naeem (110m hurdles) and bronze medalist Sprinter Samiullah (100m), in the 13th South Asian Games was heartbreaking.
Thus, Anti-Doping Organisation of Pakistan (ADOP) has decided to conduct target testing and has asked all the sports federations to share whereabouts of their competitors.
ADOP Chairman Dr Waqar Ahmed has announced that the utilization of drugs to improve execution is viewed as exploitative and there is zero resilience to doping in sports.
“Under the strict WADA instructions, the ADOP has decided to lead target testing on all competitors of recognised sports federations. The ADOP has kept in touch with federations through POA to share the details,” Waqar stated.
All national federations are needed to gather whereabouts i.e. address, contact numbers, sports/event of the top ranking/elite athletes of their federations for inclusion in registered testing pool (RTP) of ADOP which is compulsory. This information will be shared with WADA and these athletes can be targeted for dope tests at any time.
Dr Waqar also said that all those athletes using any medication would have to intimate ADOP in advance.
