Anti doping issue, nowadays, is considered as a basic factor for acceptance of different sports fields in the international communities. So, expert and experienced critics have been requested to share in controlling the suspended cases and the extreme supervising and apply-ing heavy fines are added for violators. In Asia Dr. Shahabi is a very well known figure in medical field and he partakes valuable expe-riences in fighting against using tonic. Within the Uzbekistan InterClub  Championships we have had  a commune  with him about some dif-ferent issues that you can find it below:

How is the cooperation between the athletes and Anti-Doping officials and  whether the satisfaction demanded by them has been supplied.
It mainly is an obligation for any athlete to obey the rules of the competitions and whenever  he/ she is requested to be tested doping, they have to cooperate with the authorities. Otherwise it will considered as a law rejection and  positive
result  and contains 4 years deprivation for the violated athlete.

Please  explain more about the sample of A and B  and if there has been a case in    which the result of the sample B caused to cancel the result of Sample A.  
The sample A is the same prime sample which the experiments on it usually take place with- out attendance of the accused country_s rep- resentative. When there is an objection to the result of the sample A, the sample B by repay ing the   expenditures  and in the presence of the  related country_s representative is experi mented. Sometimes  it_s observed just  tiny dif ferences between the results of sample A and sample B or the athletes claim that they have used some medicines just for cure themselves and they were not aware of them being forbidden. In this case, it should be run the system of TUE, and it means that the athlete should fill out some forms and send them to the laboratory in Sweden. There,it will be cleared that the in jured or patient athlete needed that drug or not .Or about the athletes who suffer from diabetes disease, due to the issued licenses by the Olympic International Committee,  consuming some drugs for the athletes have been allowed.

How has been the rate of the tonic con suming in the recent years and if we    have been the witness of decreasing or increasing using of them in Asia.
The number of WADA_s experiments has been increased in the recent years and nowadays doping tests are taken place during, before, af ter the competitions, and even sometimes in the life land of the athletes. The results of the recent
years indicated the reduction of doping cases in Asia Continent ; however, it hasn_t been in a satisfied level . But, why the number of doping tests are so many in Asia  is mainly because of the powerful participation of this  Continent_s athletes in the International Competitions. In fact, Asia shines in the World Weightlifting and for such reason its athletes are taken doping tests many  more than the other athletes.

What kind of difficulties are usually lain on the way of Doping Control  officers?
This is natural that nobody enjoys  being  tested. The organizing countries, like wise think about providing an appropriate  competition hall, transportation, hotel and other facilities with the competitions,  thus,the procedure of cooperation with doping officers makes better little by little during the competitions. Of course within the recent years this cooperation has become much better and nowadays there is no problem on carrying out  their duties   because everybody knows  that without getting license from doping experiments, no competitions can_t be official and no records can_t be registered.  

What is the athletes selecting criterion for doping tests?
It differs in Olympics and World Champion ships.The Olympic has its own criterion and this is not the IWF that determines in which conditions the experiments to be done. In fact, the first four winners of any group are selected to take the test. There may be taken a test an athlete in the camp and after the Olympic. However, usually, the athletes who get gold medals  or register a new record are asked to take a test in the World Competitions.

Has been any modification on testing samples, the list of forbidden and illegal substances  or the amount of  some cer tain drugs consuming recently?
The most drugs which changes the function of kidney somehow are considered as the forbidden substances ;however, recently, the rate of admissible testosterone hormone  in blood from 4 to 1 has been reduced to 6 to 1 and some changes have been made in chemical formulas of some substances, but the type of testing  has never been changed and there_s no consider able difference with the past.

Why do the most samples are sent to Koln  Laboratory and if there isn_t any    lab in Asia confirmed by adequate authorities.
Licensed laboratories for experimenting doping tests are determined and confirmed by International Olympic Committee. Nowadays, Koln laboratory is considered as one of the most  active and valid experimenting centers ; however, for instance, in S. Korea competitions, the samples were sent to a lab in Seoul and during the  2008 Beijing Olympic, a laboratory in Beijing has the responsibility of analyzing the samples.So you find that some other labs are used in an appropriate occasions. Nevertheless , the most current testers of doping are Hungarian is truth and it should be accepted.

Why is the most important  reason for using the tonic among the athletes,  i spite of applying some extreme punish  ment strategies and heavy suspensions?

Don_t the athletes think that their viola tion will be appeared because of serious and firm supervisions?
In order to answer this question we have to go back for a while. For the first time, using the tonic, was taken place by selection of the related scientists and surveying the processed experiments on the athletes in former East
Germany and in resumption the using chemical stimulus was taught to Bulgarians. Nowadays, the countries of East Bloc are pioneer in this zone and some countries are the discoverer of this technology and always move ahead rather than the doping control  laboratories. Some other countries, are the purchasing of the initial technology of using tonics and go ahead along side of the world  valid laboratories at the same time and confront with difficulty less. Anyway, it_s necessary for any country to have  a perfect and equipped to a scientific doping control laboratory so as to be able to control its  athletes.  Nowadays, the athletes who take part in the World Championships enjoy an Anti-doping pass port and the results of all experiments done are written in this pass port. It is determined that for example, what kind of drug has been used by the athletes and why and for  what purpose . By progressing of sport technology, the registered records in weightlifting also has been made extra ordinary progress and besides, the sensitivity of doping control on using the tonics has been enhanced. The controller communities glance on the athletes safe competitions is not doubtfu but the duty demands to be surveyed the conditions accurately. In one hand it should be considered that all drugs do not have the same rate of chemical compositions and the manufacturers should mention the consuming amount, accurately  on their boxes so as not to make a  mistake and be deprived from the   competitions and in other hand, coaches and athletes should study and be aware of permitted helping substances and forbidden ones . There have been several cases in which an athlete without having  any  information about the usage of a drug has consumed it and caused to be sus pended from the com petitions. in this case the objection to the manufacture  of  that special item is not ef ficient and the sport communities focus on the violated athlete.

Why has the  doping controlling  issue on Weightlifting been noticed more than other sport fields?
All efforts are made in order to be kept on the Weightlifting sport in Olympic competitions  and for this reason, some tight rules are applied to be proved the cleanliness of the athletes to the Olympic National Committee. The increase of suspension from 2 years to 4 years have been taken place in this relation.

01/11/2008