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Enforcement
The Anti-Doping Rule Violation Panel (ADRVP) is an independent decision-making body established under the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority Act 2006. The ADRVP establishes and maintains the Register of Findings (RoF).
From 1 July 2010 to 30 June 2011, the ADRVP entered 42 athletes’ names and details on to the RoF for possible anti-doping rule violations (ADRVs). The total number of athletes’ names and details for 2009–10 was 29.
The sports involved in RoF entries for 2010–11 were bodybuilding (10); cycling and rugby league (7 each); athletics (3); Australian rules football, baseball and powerlifting (2 each); gridiron, handball, hockey, kayaking, futsal, rugby union, surf lifesaving, water polo and wheelchair rugby (1 each).
The substances involved in anti-doping matters for 2010–11 are listed in table 10.
Note: Some athletes commit violations involving more than one class of substance (for example, clenbuterol (class 1) and methylhexaneamine (class 6)).
The breakdown of ADRVs for RoF entries for 2010–11 is provided in table 11.
| Category of anti-doping rule violation | Number of violations |
|---|---|
| Presence | 39 |
| Use/attempted use | 29/2 |
| Failure to comply/refusal | 1 |
| Possession | 2 |
Note: Athletes frequently commit more than one ADRV at one time (that is, presence and use)
Of the 42 entries on the RoF:
- 23 athletes or support personnel waived their right to a hearing and accepted they had committed an ADRV
- 1 athlete elected to have a hearing and later accepted ASADA’s finding before the conclusion of the hearing
- 1 athlete appealed a sporting body’s decision relating to sanction but subsequently withdrew that appeal
- 9 athletes exercised their right to a hearing before the relevant sporting tribunal.
The finding that an athlete had committed an ADRV was upheld in all of these matters. The remaining matters were not yet at a stage where the athlete’s timeframe to elect a hearing had expired or a sanction had been applied.
ASADA was involved in 14 hearings at various courts and sporting tribunals during 2010–11. This involved presenting cases for the tribunal’s consideration and making submissions in regard to possible ADRVs and associated matters.
Further details of publicly announced entries onto the RoF are at Appendix B.
Figure 3 shows the number of athletes or support personnel placed on the RoF, or the Register of Notifiable Events for the Australian Sports Drug Agency (ASDA), from 2002–03 to 2010–11.
Figure 3: Number of athletes and support personnel recording anti-doping rule violations
Athlete counselling service
During the year ASADA launched a world-first counselling service that provides support to athletes and support personnel facing a possible doping ban from sport.
It is recognised that people who are confronting a possible ADRV face serious consequences to their career and reputation, and this can be a very difficult time for them. The counselling initiative provides every person who has been notified of a possible ADRV with free access to independent and confidential counselling with qualified professionals. Access to this service will help ensure the welfare of athletes or support personnel.
It is believed that this is the first time this type of service has been offered by a NADO anywhere in the world.
The counselling is provided by Davidson Trahaire Corpsych, an independent organisation providing wellbeing and performance services to more than 2,000 organisations across the private, public and not-for-profit sectors.
Although it is recognised that many sports already have support structures in place for athletes, this service is being implemented as an additional safeguard.
As part of this initiative ASADA staff involved in an athlete’s results management process will receive training to increase their knowledge of the warning signs related to anxiety, stress and depression.