Case studies on ESA‐doping as revealed by the Biological Passport

Zorzoli, Mario; Rossi, Francesca

doi:10.1002/dta.1340

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“…At present, the ABP is a key tool for carrying out target testing, especially in endurance sports disciplines . Although WADA's data of adverse findings based on the ABP are not summarized in the anti‐doping laboratories' testing figures, the UCI reported a total of 26 athletes who were found positive by using the ABP blood parameters from a total of more than 1000 athletes tested between 2008 and 2010 . The implementation of the ABP by the UCI enhanced the numbers obtained in 2007 by this federation, when the atypical changes in athletes' blood parameters were not used for the detection of blood doping.…”

Section: Athlete Biological Passportmentioning

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Thirteen years of the fight against doping in figures

Aguilar

Muñoz‐Guerra²,

Plata³

et al. 2017

Drug Testing and Analysis

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Every year, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) publishes the main statistics reported by the accredited laboratories, which provide very valuable information for assessing changes in the patterns of doping in sports over time. Using the information provided since 2003 as the basis for the analysis, the evolution of doping/anti-doping figures over the last decade can be examined in reasonable detail, at least in reference to samples analyzed and categories of substances more commonly found in athletes' samples. This brief analysis of the WADA statistical reports leads us to the following outcomes: the increase in anti-doping pressure from 2003 to 2015, as evidenced by increased numbers of samples analyzed and banned substances, has not directly produced a higher frequency of adverse/atypical findings. Although this could be interpreted as steady state in the capacity to detect doping through this whole period, it also resulted in a significant increase in the absolute number of samples catalogued as doping (from 2247 in 2003 to 5912 in 2015). Anabolic agents have been the most common doping substances detected in all statistics reports while the remaining groups of substances are much less frequently found in doping control samples. Given that one might have expected the enhancement of the anti-doping programme led by WADA over this last decade to have increased the percentage of adverse/atypical findings, the fact that it did not might indicate the need to take another step in sampling strategies, such as 'more intelligent testing' based on the differences in the prevalence of doping substances among sports. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Section: Athlete Biological Passportmentioning

confidence: 99%

Thirteen years of the fight against doping in figures

Aguilar

Muñoz‐Guerra²,

Plata³

et al. 2017

Drug Testing and Analysis

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“…The hematological module of the ABP is now successfully implemented by many national and international sports governing bodies (2)(3)(4). Although it does not totally eliminate blood doping, it acts as an effective deterrent on doping in sports (5).…”

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Serum Androgen Levels in Elite Female Athletes

Bermon

Garnier

Hirschberg

et al. 2014

The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology &Amp; Metabolism

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This is the first study to establish normative serum androgens values in elite female athletes, while taking into account the possible influence of menstrual status, oral contraceptive use, type of athletic event, and ethnicity. These findings should help to develop the blood steroidal module of the Athlete Biological Passport and to refine more evidence-based fair policies and recommendations concerning hyperandrogenism in female athletes.

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“…Momentum towards a multi‐component longitudinal ‘passport’ approach for human anti‐doping was gained from the need to combat blood doping and the misuse of erythropoiesis‐stimulating agents . Since 2002 the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) pursued the development of a haematological passport for cycling, which was implemented in 2008 . Simultaneously, the World Anti‐Doping Agency (WADA) published guidelines for the operation of the athlete biological passport (ABP) that has since encompassed both haematological and steroidal modules .…”

Section: Translation To Human Anti‐dopingmentioning

confidence: 99%