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Glossary

Eugene:

ASDA's IT drug testing management database.

In-competition test:

Unless provided otherwise in the rules of an International Federation or other Anti-Doping Organisation, an in-competition test is a test where an athlete is selected for testing in connection with a specific competition.

List of International Incidences:

ASDA enters the name of a competitor (an international athlete tested in Australia or an Australian athlete tested overseas) onto the List of International Incidences in specified circumstances, including if the competitor fails, without reasonable cause, to comply with a request to provide a sample or returns a positive test result in relation to a sample collected.

National Anti-Doping Organisation:

The entity(ies) designated by each country as possessing the primary responsibility to adopt and implement anti-doping rules, direct the collection of samples, the management of test results, and the conduct of hearings.

No Advance Notice test:

A test which takes place with no advance warning to the athlete and where the athlete is continuously chaperoned from the moment of notification through to sample provision.

Out-of-competition test:

Any test that is not in-competition.

Register of Notifiable Events:

ASDA enters the name of an Australian competitor onto the Register of Notifiable Events in specified circumstances, including if the competitor fails, without reasonable cause, to comply with a request to provide a sample or returns a positive test result in relation to a sample collected.

Short-notice test:

A test where an athlete has a maximum of 24-hours notice following notification to submit to a drug test.

Sydney Protocol:

The Sydney Protocol combines an indirect blood-based detection method that analyses five blood parameters and a urine-based direct detection method. ASDA uses the Sydney Protocol in its domestic drug-testing program.

World Anti-Doping Code (the Code)

The Code is a set of regulations, administered by WADA, designed to harmonise the fight against doping across all sports and jurisdictions.

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