Irish AntiIrish Anti--Doping ProgrammeDoping Programme
Irish Sports Council, Top Floor, Block A, Westend Office Park, Blanchardstown, Dublin 15. Ireland | Tel: +353 1 8608800
Presenter
Ailish Keaveney
Programme Executive, Education and Research
Direct Dial: 01 8608801 [email protected]
Irish Sports Council, Top Floor, Block A, Westend Office Park, Blanchardstown, Dublin 15. Ireland | Tel: +353 1 8608800
Website
www.irishsportscouncil.ie/Anti-Doping
Irish Sports Council, Top Floor, Block A, Westend Office Park, Blanchardstown, Dublin 15. Ireland | Tel: +353 1 8608800
What is Doping?
'Doping' is the word used in sport when athletes use prohibited substances or methods to unfairly improve their sporting performance
What is Anti-Doping?
‘Anti-doping' is the bid to eliminate doping from sport
Irish Sports Council, Top Floor, Block A, Westend Office Park, Blanchardstown, Dublin 15. Ireland | Tel: +353 1 8608800
WADA Prohibited List
Produced annually
Lists Prohibited Substances
and Prohibited Methods
When we test for drugs in sport, we are testing for the categories of drugs listed on the Prohibited List
Irish Sports Council, Top Floor, Block A, Westend Office Park, Blanchardstown, Dublin 15. Ireland | Tel: +353 1 8608800
How is the Anti-Doping programme relevant to you?
National level athletes are subject to testing
Are there any athletes in your club or school that compete at national level in any sport?
If we test an athlete or not, it does not depend on their age – it depends on their level of competition
Some sports naturally have a younger age profile (e.g. gymnastics or swimming)
Irish Sports Council, Top Floor, Block A, Westend Office Park, Blanchardstown, Dublin 15. Ireland | Tel: +353 1 8608800
Relevance of Anti-Doping to Nutrition and Supplement Use…
Some athlete have blamed the use of supplements as the reason they tested positive for a banned substance
Scientific research has shown some supplements to be contaminated with banned substances
Irish Sports Council, Top Floor, Block A, Westend Office Park, Blanchardstown, Dublin 15. Ireland | Tel: +353 1 8608800
Some concerns about Supplements from the Anti-Doping perspective…
Some supplements are not subject to the same stringent controls as medicines and therefore the contents and manufacturing processes cannot be guaranteed
Some supplements are produced in a factory which also produces foodstuffs/medicines containing prohibited substances and therefore risk cross contamination
Irish Sports Council, Top Floor, Block A, Westend Office Park, Blanchardstown, Dublin 15. Ireland | Tel: +353 1 8608800
Some concerns about Supplements from the Anti-Doping perspective…
Sometimes the origin of all ingredients may not necessarily be reliable as controls of such ingredients may be considerably less accountable in some parts of the world
Less scrupulous producers of the supplements may deliberately contaminate the supplements in order to make them more effective and therefore more likely to sell well
The use of supplements in young athletes as a potential doorway to the taking of more serious products later in their careers
Irish Sports Council, Top Floor, Block A, Westend Office Park, Blanchardstown, Dublin 15. Ireland | Tel: +353 1 8608800
If you check on www.eirpharm.com there is a limited amount of listed vitamin and mineral supplements
Calcium Deficiency
Folic Acid Supplementation
Iron and Folic Acid Supplementation
Iron Supplementation
Vitamin Mineral or Nutritional Deficiency
The Irish Medicines Board – check “the quality, safety and efficacy of medicines available in Ireland“
Irish Sports Council, Top Floor, Block A, Westend Office Park, Blanchardstown, Dublin 15. Ireland | Tel: +353 1 8608800
Republic of Ireland - www.eirpharm.com
Irish Sports Council, Top Floor, Block A, Westend Office Park, Blanchardstown, Dublin 15. Ireland | Tel: +353 1 8608800
Northern Ireland and UK - www.didglobal.com
Irish Sports Council, Top Floor, Block A, Westend Office Park, Blanchardstown, Dublin 15. Ireland | Tel: +353 1 8608800
The Athlete is ultimately
responsible for what is in his/her
own body –if in doubt, check it
out!
Irish Sports Council, Top Floor, Block A, Westend Office Park, Blanchardstown, Dublin 15. Ireland | Tel: +353 1 8608800
Current Supplement Policy….
The Irish Sports Council advises athletes to avoid the use of Supplements
Irish Sports Council, Top Floor, Block A, Westend Office Park, Blanchardstown, Dublin 15. Ireland | Tel: +353 1 8608800
Edited Policy (Autumn 2008)
The Irish Sports Council advises athletes to avoid the use of SupplementsIn addition – if athletes in consultation with a qualified dietician decides they need to use supplements, to make an informed decision about where they buy supplements, from whom they buy them, what is the level of risk associated with the product? Etc.
Irish Sports Council, Top Floor, Block A, Westend Office Park, Blanchardstown, Dublin 15. Ireland | Tel: +353 1 8608800
Beware of marketing of products!
‘ natural products’
‘suitable for athletes who are drug tested’
‘screened in WADA labs’
Ask the Irish Sports Council for advice if you have concerns on any supplement product.
Irish Sports Council, Top Floor, Block A, Westend Office Park, Blanchardstown, Dublin 15. Ireland | Tel: +353 1 8608800
Irish Athletes Survey - ‘Where do you buy your supplements?’
Health Food Shops 57%Supermarkets 33%Internet 29%From another person 9%In a gym 7%Sports Magazines 2%
Irish Sports Council, Top Floor, Block A, Westend Office Park, Blanchardstown, Dublin 15. Ireland | Tel: +353 1 8608800
Anti-Doping Unit Contact Details
Anti Doping UnitIrish Sports CouncilTop Floor, Block AWestend Office Park,Blanchardstown,Dublin 15. [email protected]: 01 8608800Fax: 01 8608860