2013
DOI: 10.1080/19406940.2013.791712
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Experiences, attitudes and trust: an inquiry into elite athletes’ perception of the whereabouts reporting system

Abstract: The duty of elite athletes to report whereabouts is a controversial and debated element of the World Anti-Doping Code. Though the obligation to provide whereabouts information has a real impact on athletes' daily lives, knowledge about athletes' perception of and trust in the system after the Code was revised in 2009 is still scarce. This study contributes to the discussion on the legitimacy and institutionalization of the whereabouts system by integrating the points of view of Danish elite athletes (with/with… Show more

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“…There were similarities with the Danish study (Overbye & Wagner, 2014) concerning the perceived necessity of anti-doping controls (Danish study 84%, our study 94%). Both groups also agreed that providing whereabouts data is part of one's duty as an elite athlete (Danish study 83%, our study 71%).…”
Section: Perception Belief and Experience With Obligation Of Whereabsupporting
confidence: 74%
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“…There were similarities with the Danish study (Overbye & Wagner, 2014) concerning the perceived necessity of anti-doping controls (Danish study 84%, our study 94%). Both groups also agreed that providing whereabouts data is part of one's duty as an elite athlete (Danish study 83%, our study 71%).…”
Section: Perception Belief and Experience With Obligation Of Whereabsupporting
confidence: 74%
“…Another important issue raised by the athletes in our study, the same raised by the Danish (Overbye & Wagner, 2014) and Norwegian athletes (Hanstad et al, 2009), was the perception of inequality of testing and lack of harmonisation between countries. In our study 82% of those having had an experience with the whereabouts system perceived the implementation of the whereabouts system around the world to be unfair, similar to the result of the Danish study (95%).…”
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confidence: 66%
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