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.
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