Doping Control Officers (DCOs) are key U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) staff members and play a vital role in the anti-doping movement as a whole. These trained employees are the ones knocking on athlete doors and greeting athletes as they cross the finish line, in order to conduct and assist them with the sample collection process.…
Education is a Key Pillar in Anti-Doping Movement In its infancy, the USADA Education department was aimed at educating athletes at the Olympic and Paralympic levels about the anti-doping process, while also teaching athletes at the youth and grassroots levels about clean competition. In order to better serve athletes and athlete support personnel, this department…
July 16, 2015 “USADA greatly appreciates the leadership of Congressman Tonko (D-NY 20th District) and Congressman Barr (R-KY 6th District) in introducing the Thoroughbred Horseracing Integrity Act of 2015, and we support this legislation that would allow for a national solution to the problem of doping in horseracing. The sport of horseracing has been a…
USADA has recently launched a brand new tool to help support clean athletes as they file and update whereabouts. The Athlete Express whereabouts website and mobile app are designed to make filing whereabouts faster and easier, while assisting athletes to provide better information to USADA. The Athlete Express whereabouts website and mobile app were designed…
Updates Improve Process and Support Clean Athletes Providing timely and accurate whereabouts information is vitally important to ensure USADA can deliver the best anti-doping program for clean athletes. Whereabouts filing has been a part of the anti-doping program since the creation of USADA. However, the way that whereabouts were filed in the year 2000 looked a…