FINA
Communications Department
FINA expresses its deep concern after the publication
of WADA’s Independent Commission report and its impact in worldwide sport in
general.
As a
pillar of the Olympic movement, FINA, as world governing body for Aquatics,
undertakes a strong and robust policy in order to optimise the efficacy of our
anti-doping strategies; to preserve the validity and integrity of FINA
competitions; and to protect the clean athletes in the five continents.
Concerning
Russia, the nation that is mentioned in this report, it has organised, for the
first time, from July 24-August 9, the 2015 edition of the FINA World
Championships. During this event, 645 samples were collected for analysis by
the FINA Doping Control Review Board, led by Prof. Andrew Pipe, as part of the
in-competition testing programme. These comprised 457 urine and 188 blood
tests. There were a further 418 blood screenings as part of the Athlete Biological
Passport programme. These tests were analysed in the WADA-accredited laboratory
in Moscow, under the supervision of independent observers from the
WADA-accredited laboratories in Barcelona (ESP) and London (GBR). Every single
sample collected during the Kazan 2015 FINA World Championships will be
transferred and stored in the WADA-accredited laboratory in Barcelona (ESP).
Moreover,
all of FINA’s unannounced out-of-competition doping control programme in Russia
is conducted by IDTM, an independent Swedish company. In the 2014 season the
majority of out-of-competition doping control tests had been analysed by the
WADA-accredited laboratory in Moscow, which had been judged fully compliant
with the WADA code at the time. However, following the announcement of the
official investigation, FINA made the decision to move the overwhelming
majority of the analysis of Russian athletes’ samples out of Russia. In 2015,
over 80% of the samples collected in Russia were analysed in the
WADA-accredited laboratories in Barcelona (ESP) and Köln (GER). The samples of
Russian athletes living or training outside Europe were analysed in the
WADA-accredited laboratories in Montreal (CAN) and Salt Lake City (USA).
FINA
President Dr. Julio C. Maglione said: “Of course this is a difficult time
for sport, and as sports people we at FINA are shocked and saddened by WADA’s
Independent Commission report. FINA upholds a strong and unequivocal stance on
the practice of doping as we aim to eradicate doping from Aquatics. FINA is
committed to do everything necessary to become the world’s cleanest sport.”
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