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Testing and testing pools

Testing and Intelligence


The aim of testing is to detect and deter doping among athletes to protect clean athletes.

Any athlete under the testing jurisdiction of the WDSF may be tested at any time, with no advance notice, in- or out-of-competition, and be required to provide a urine or blood sample.

What are testing pools and why are whereabouts important for clean sport?

No-advance notice out-of-competition testing is one of the most powerful means of deterrence and detection of doping. To support this type of testing, the WDSF has created testing pools as part of its testing program.

Certain athletes in the WDSF testing pools, such as those in the Registered Testing Pool (RTP), are required to provide information on their whereabouts in ADAMS, WADA’s online anti-doping administration and management system.

The WDSF updates the composition of the testing pools (RTP) yearly. Athletes in the RTP are chosen based on set criteria, see Appendix 4 of the WDSF Anti-Doping Code.

At-a-Glance: Athlete Whereabouts leaflet

WADA’s webpage on ADAMS

How do athletes know they need to provide whereabouts?

The WDSF Registered Testing Pool (RTP) is the group of top level athletes who are subject to both in-competition and out-of-competition testing as part of WDSF Test Distribution Plan.

All athletes listed on the website have been included in WDSF Registered Testing Pool and therefore must make quarterly Whereabouts Filings.

What do RTP athlete ned to know?

RTP athletes are required to:

  • Submit a complete and accurate quarterly Whereabouts Filing
  • Update their Whereabouts Filing information
  • Apply for a Pre-Test Therapeutic Use Exemption (TUE) for all Prohibited Methods and Substances in line with the WDSF TUE Policy

RTP Athletes must avoid committing a Whereabouts Failure

A Whereabouts Failure is either a Filing Failure or a Missed Test:

Filing Failure – If an athlete fails to return his/her quarterly Whereabouts Filing by the stated deadlines, fully and accurately completed, this may result in a Filing Failure.

Missed Test – If an athlete fails to be available for Testing at the location and time specified in the 60-minute time slot identified in his or her Whereabouts Filing for the day in question it may result in a Missed Test.
A Whereabouts Failure may lead to an Anti-Doping Rule Violation and Sanction.

Should athletes have any query on ADAMS, such as how to submit whereabouts, please contact .