Trainers and Coaches

Athlete Support Personnels’ obligations include (but are not limited to):

• knowing and complying with all applicable anti-doping policies and rules, including the WDSF Anti-Doping Rules (in line with the World Anti-Doping Code) and
• refraining from possessing a prohibited substance (or a prohibited method)*, administering any such substance or method to an athlete, trafficking, covering up an anti-doping rule violation (ADRV) or other forms of complicity and associating with a person convicted of doping (prohibited association). These are ADRVs applicable to Athlete Support Personnel under Article 2 of the World Anti-Doping Code and Article 2 of the WDSF Anti-Doping Rules.

* unless the Athlete Support Personnel can establish that the possession is consistent with a TUE granted to an athlete or other acceptable justification. Acceptable justification would include, for example, a team doctor carrying Prohibited Substances for dealing with acute and emergency situations.

Athlete Support Personnel’s rights include (but are not limited to):

• In the case of an ADRV being asserted, the Athlete Support Personnel has the right to a fair hearing and the right to appeal the hearing decision.

COACHES AND ATHLETE SUPPORT PERSONNEL (ASP) RELATED RESOURCES