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Doping control: no advance notice testing

No advance notice testing is when a chaperone or a Doping Control Officer (DCO) informs an athlete in person that they have been selected for sample collection.

The athlete is required to report to the doping control station for a test as soon as possible after they have been notified.

Under ASADA's doping control program, the chaperone or DCO then keeps the selected athlete in sight at all times, until they are ready to provide a sample.

Athletes should avoid over hydrating prior to providing a sample as their sample must meet the requirement of having the specific gravity (SG) level of 1.005 or greater.  If the sample provided does not meet the SG requirement, the athlete may be asked to stay and provide further samples until such time as a sample has been collected that meets the SG requirement.

During this time, in most cases, the athlete can attend post-event or training activities such as a warm down or media commitments provided the post-event or training activity does not impede the integrity of the sample collection process and the chaperone or DCO can keep the athlete in sight at all times.  Once the athlete is ready to provide a sample, they are taken to the doping control station where the chaperone or DCO will witnesses the athlete passing a sample.

A no advance notice test may be conducted in-competition or out-of-competition.
Here are two reasons for no advance notice tests.

• Manipulation - a no advance notice test minimises opportunities for an athlete to manipulate his or her sample.
• Deterrence - a no advance notice test is unannounced. An athlete does not know when they will be notified for a test. This makes it hard for cheating athletes to:
• plan when to use prohibited substances
• plan when to clear prohibited substances from their body
• organise manipulation techniques.

 

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