New WADA anti-doping rules call for hour of availability

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New anti-doping rules call for hour of availability
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Revised anti-doping guidelines call for athletes to provide authorities with a daily one-hour window during which they must be available for testing or risk being penalized for missing a test.

The World Anti-Doping Agency modifies its testing guidelines every year. The 60-minute window is one of the most significant changes in the 2009 standards.

Under current guidelines, athletes fill out forms listing their whereabouts each day and can be tested at any time. Normally, a phone call from an anti-doping worker before the test is all that is needed to set up the test.

The new 60-minute window will enhance the no-advance-notice feature of the tests, which is considered the strongest part of the out-of-competition testing model. Athletes still will be subject to testing during any part of the day.

"Without a phone call notifying them, it's a true no-advance-notice scenario," said Erin Hannan, spokeswoman for the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency ...


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