Protecting Clean Sport
Inspiring Fair Play
At the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA), we are dedicated to preserving the integrity of sport through education, innovation, and rigorous testing. As the leader in anti-doping efforts, we champion clean competition, safeguard athletes’ health, and inspire confidence in fair play. Together, we can uphold the values that make sports truly great.
Tools for Success
Resources for Clean Competition
Competing clean starts with knowledge. Whether you’re an athlete striving for excellence or a coach guiding the next generation, having the right tools is essential. From understanding anti-doping rules and responsibilities to accessing supplement and testing resources, we provide everything you need to navigate clean sport with confidence. Explore our trusted tools and take the first step toward fair competition.
TrueSport
Whether you are a coach, caregiver, or administrator, our powerful educational tools will help you change the culture of youth sport.
Anti-Doping 101
Get answers to some of the most commonly asked questions for athletes new to drug testing.
Education
Discover tools and resources for athletes and their support personnel to ensure anti-doping program compliance and protect clean competition.
Inspired by Our Athletes and Partners
What We Do
USADA is committed to protecting the integrity of sport and ensuring a level playing field for clean athletes. We stand with athletes and for athletes, making sure that their rights are guiding our every decision and every action. Our unparalleled anti-doping services and programs are also rooted in the latest anti-doping science and decades of expertise so that athletes receive the excellence they deserve from our education, testing, and results management operations. We work alongside a diverse range of organizations and individuals in this shared effort to ensure that athletes can compete clean and win. From athletes to coaches to medical professionals, USADA has tailored resources and services to support the clean sport journey.
Education
Through in-person and online education, as well as a multitude of other resources, USADA helps ensure that athletes and support personnel have the tools they need to navigate anti-doping rules and responsibilities, while also understanding the role they play in keeping sport clean.
We continually update and expand our library of resources to ensure that athletes and athlete support personnel can easily access the most up-to-date information on the most important topics in anti-doping.
Science
Science plays a crucial role in the fight for clean competition by driving innovation and evidence-based decision making. At USADA, science and research inform education strategies, testing, and results management operations, while also enhancing detection and deterrence efforts. USADA is also a global leader in anti-doping science, partnering with stakeholders around the world to drive advancements.
Testing
Testing is an integral part of USADA’s ability to detect doping and hold accountable those who violate anti-doping rules. Both in-competition and no advance notice, out-of-competition testing are part of an effective anti-doping program that protects clean athletes’ rights and a level playing field.
USADA testing is strategic to maximize detection and deterrence and best utilize our resources. It is also guided by detailed policies and procedures to protect the integrity of the process and make the process as consistent and comfortable as possible for athletes.
Results Management
USADA communicates with athletes regarding test results and manages any potential anti-doping rule violations. This independent results management process removes the inherent conflict of interest associated with sport organizations trying to both promote and police their sports. USADA’s policies and procedures afford a full and fair legal process to athletes and support personnel at all times.
Why Clean Competition Matters
Real Athletes. Real Stories. Real Integrity.
The idea of coming by a win or a victory by taking a shortcut or cheating, just at a very basic level seems wrong. If I did win in that way, I know I would always believe that it was illegitimate.
Whatever sport you’re in, talk about competing the right way. It’s not all about winning. It’s about giving it your very best effort, because you can’t control if you win. You might crash, you might fall, someone else might just be better, and that’s okay…but it’s not okay to cheat to win. At the end of the day, you want to leave sport being proud of what you did.
You don’t become an Olympic athlete and just want to be okay, or in the middle, or see people who have cheated get the glory that you worked so hard for. A level playing field is really important…and knowing your rights as they relate to that level playing field. I wouldn’t participate in sport if I thought that it was massively unfair from an anti-doping standpoint.
Clean athletes have to be able to trust that their rights are being protected and that everything is being done to ensure a level playing field.
A truly effective anti-doping program combines the latest research and technology to prevent and deter performance-enhancing drug use.
I’ve been clean my entire life. Otherwise, everything I’ve achieved athletically, it would all be meaningless. It takes courage to compete clean.
