Anti-Doping Rule Violations

The World Anti-Doping Code (WADC) lists 11 types of anti-doping rule violations (ADRVs) that can lead to sanctions against players. Each one of these violations will have different levels of severity and different possible sanctions, depending on the specific circumstances of the violation and the athlete’s degree of fault. The 11 Anti-Doping Rule Violations listed under the World Anti-Doping Code and the IWBF Anti-Doping Rules are:

1. Presence of a prohibited substance in an athlete’s sample.
2. Use or attempted use of a prohibited substance or method.
3. Refusing, failing, or evading a test.
4. Whereabouts failures (multiple failures to properly file whereabouts information in order to facilitate testing).
5. Tampering with any part of the doping control process.
6. Possession of a prohibited substance or method.
7. Trafficking a prohibited substance or method.
8. Administration or attempted administration of a prohibited substance or method to an athlete.
9. Complicity in an anti-doping rule violation, aiding, abetting, inciting, assisting, or covering up a violation.
10. Prohibited Association (association with athlete support personnel).
11. Obstruction of an investigation into an anti-doping rule violation.

Please refer to Article 2, Section K of the IWBF Official Handbook for more details on the respective violations.

SANCTIONS & ANTI-DOPING VIOLATIONS

There are currently no sanctions in place as a result of Anti-Doping Rule Violations.

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