Here are just some of the names supporting our campaign. Click the button below to see them all.
| Michael Brace | Janice Shardlow | Phillip Carling |
| Andy Sellers | Andy Parkinson | Nicola Newman |
| Nicole Sapstead | Graham Arthur | Paul Evans |
| Harriet Purcell | Gabriella Re | Michael Stow |
| Lisa Grant | Turia Tellwright | Laura Wood |
| Piers Wright | Alex Newman | Lewis Coggins |
| George Tsamis | Jenny Green | Eliot Caton |
| Hamish Coffey | Sam Healy | Julia Hardy |
| Richard Redman | Jennifer Carty | Tom Cleary |
| Wendy Coles | Amy Dennis | Jude Ford |
| David Herbert | Jennifer Hughes | Jeremy Hunt |
| Debbie Jevans | Rob Kitson | Peter Leaver |
| Martin Morton | Greg Symes | David Walsh |
| Miriam Wilkens | Rachel Burrows | Tony Byrne |
| Janet Carter | John Derbyshire | Gerard Elias |
| Stephen Farrow | Richard Harry | Hitesh Patel |
| Shahab Uddin | Ed Warner | Tim Lamb |
| Jenefer Lincoln | Phil Smith | Andy Hunt |
| Sara Winckless | Georgina Harland | Alison Wyeth |
| Ben Ainslie | Paula Radcliffe | Hugh Robertson |
| David Howman | Craig Reedie | Emily Freeman |
| Seb Coe | Rojard Kettle | örvar ólafsson |
| David Podmore | Kevin Haynes | Justin Davies |
| Rebecca Watts | Daniels Fitness Group Daniels | Sophie Thomas |
| Paul Jackson | Lukas Matys | Nira Lima |
| Jude Ford | Michael Browning | Caroline Hale |
| Ian Williams | James Dunn | Terence O'rorke |
| Kate Mardel-ferreira | Clare Jones | Mim Beaufort |
| Amanda Batt | William Fox-pitt | Rachel Jones |
| Will Bedale | Danny Draper | Emma Harrison |
| Richard Marsden | Gaynor Jones | Alun Jones |
| Pat Hartley | Tanja Miller | Andriana Gavrilovic |
| Ben Thomas | Test Test | Lyndsey Chambers |
| Tim Condon | Jonathan Martin | Mahdi Choudhury |
| Tanya Harris | Rachel Morris | Samson Oni |
| Tony Josiah | Paul Ouseley | Charlotte Januszewski |
| Georgie Bruinvels | Manolis Lyris | Stephanie Twell |
| Elaine Skilton | Tessa Bartlettt | Rebecca Sanders-hewett |
| Craig Mccann | Cat Bater | Richard Callicott |
| Caroline Hatton | Lawrence Clarke | Sir Clive Woodward |
| Henry Odili Nwume | Martin Corry | Graham Edmunds |
| Chloe Rogers | Alison Denyer | Lu Yiwei |
| David Kenworthy | Ramin Ahmadi Tabatabaei | Jane Martin |
| Ray Martin | Erik Duiven | Jason Jaworski |
| Emma Harrison | Cheryl Jones | Simon Mantell |
| Fiona Humphreys | Lindsay Reed | Peter Lane |
| Susan Thain | Amanda Redman | Candida Uren |
| Quentin Elleaume | Ellen Butcher | Le Brun Christophe |
| Anne Sargent | Alison Hogg | Piggy French |
| Laura Hanna | Andy Halliday | Natalie Mills |
| Mike Rossiter | Meera Retnanandam | Kate Walsh |
| Helen Richardson | Ashleigh Ball | Aurora Andruska |
| Tony Baccari | Hannah Biggs | Jack Watson |
| Claire Pasquill | Nina Makuc | Amy Terriere |
| Wendy Henderson | Natasha Jacobs | Jonathan Haworth |
| Chazzle Lowe | Emily Lane | Charlotte Hessey |
| Vicky Lewis | Alice Hues | Jonathan Brown |
| Rad Hart-george | Kate Levin | Anna Pugh |
| Zoe James | Polly Ziegler | Thady Voorspuy |
| Eliot Postma | Fiona Comport | Edward Corrigan |
| Madeline Corrigan | James Corrigan | Tess Corrigan |
| Kevin Corrigan | Brendan Corrigan | Mike Baxter |
| Harriet Pleydell-bouverie | Nick Dussuyer | Charlotte Montgomery |
| Richard Montgomery | Philippa Cail | Maggie Doel |
| Charlie Jones | Jean Larue | Evan Erskine-thomas |
| Grace O'leary | Susan Mcdonald | Christopher Kamis |
| Nicki Vance | Stephen Hibbert | Pam Langfield |
| Anneke Palsma | Paul Musters | Lars Arts |
| Barry 't Hoen | Vivian Brandhoff | Hans Van Loon |
| Alvin Tay | Andrew Newman | Beth Tweddle |
| James Widdowson | Helen Dack | Laura Grant |
| Alex Rabjohns | Brian Aldred | Lewis Cho |
| Jurica Cvjetko | Dagmar Kagie |
The World Anti-Doping Code
The World Anti-Doping Code (the Code) ensures all athletes around the world follow the same set of anti-doping rules and procedures.
Strict Liability
To stay clean, every athlete must remember this crucial principle: athletes are solely responsible for any prohibited substance found in their system, whether there was an intention to cheat or not.
The Prohibited List
Updated annually and released every 1st of January, WADA’s Prohibited List covers all prohibited substances and methods in sport. The latest version is available online and as an iPhone app.
It’s vital that you understand how the Prohibited List applies to you. It can seem a lot to take in, so UK Anti-Doping has produced ‘The Prohibited List Explained’ to help clarify the substance categories. Download it here.
The World Anti-Doping Code is written by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and provides a framework for anti-doping rules and regulations. The Code is supported by five International Standards to ensure a uniform approach to anti-doping around the world. This means, for example, that the testing procedures you experience in one country should be the same as in any other.
Your anti-doping rules come from the Code. You have a responsibility to follow the anti-doping rules of your sport and of the Olympic or Paralympic Games. Break those rules and you could be banned from competing and have your achievements eradicated.
To read the Code please visit WADA’s website via this link
It’s no excuse to take the wrong cold remedy or say that you were following someone else’s advice. You need to be sure that no food, drink, medication, supplement or herbal remedy you ingest or use contains a prohibited substance. Make your support team, family and close friends fully aware of your anti-doping responsibilities. Their understanding and support can help you cut the risk of accidental doping.
The Prohibited List includes drugs like steroids and methods like blood doping, plus substances including stimulants found in certain medicines, beta-2 agonists in asthma inhalers and narcotics in very strong painkillers. Drugs such as cannabis are on there too.
Some substances are prohibited at all times; others only during the in-competition period, which can differ depending on the event. At the Olympic Games, the in-competition period lasts from the opening of the village to the end of the closing ceremony. At the Paralympic Games it’s from twelve hours before your competition to the end of the closing ceremony. During that time, you must not have any substance that is prohibited in-competition in your system, regardless of when it was taken.
Checking medications
Don’t fall foul of inadvertent doping. Use Global Drug Reference Online
(Global DRO) to check any medication bought in the UK, USA or Canada for prohibited substances before you take it.
Therapeutic Use Exemption (TUE)
The TUE process is a means by which an athlete can apply for approval to use a prohibited substance or method for the prescribed treatment of a legitimate medical condition. This may be the case if, for example, you have diabetes or asthma.
Supplements
With no guarantees that any supplement is free from prohibited substances, the safest action is to avoid them altogether.
It’s simple: assess the need, assess the risk
Some medications used in everyday life – including some prescribed by a doctor or bought from a pharmacy – contain prohibited substances. You should always check any medication before taking it.
You can check medications bought in the UK, USA or Canada on Global DRO. Do not use the site to check supplements or herbal remedies, or for medications bought in other countries. National Anti-Doping Organisations (NADOs) that we know have equivalent medication-checking programmes include:
UK, USA & Canada Australia Germany Ireland South Africa Switzerland
If you need to take a medication containing a prohibited substance, first ask your doctor about suitable permitted alternatives. If there are none, you’ll need to apply for a TUE. Your NADO will be able to tell you whether you’ll need to apply before taking the medication or only at the point when you’re selected for doping control. Either way, a TUE application needs to meet these criteria:
- - You would experience significant health problems without taking the prohibited substance or method
- - Therapeutic use produces no significant performance enhancement
- - There is no permitted alternative
- - The need does not arise from prior use of a prohibited substance or method
You’d need to complete an application with a doctor, as it must be supported by medical history, evidence of an accurate diagnosis, evidence of consideration given to alternatives, and defined dosage and time period of treatment.
Check back for updates on specific rules on TUEs for London 2012.
Some athletes use supplements in a bid to enhance the energy and nutrients they consume through their diet. There is no guarantee that any supplement product is risk-free – even those with labels that do not list a prohibited substance. There is always a chance that a supplement has been labelled incorrectly or contaminated during manufacture.
A number of athletes have recently been banned for up to two years after inadvertently taking steroids or stimulants found in their supplements. Remember the principle of strict liability. If you aren’t sure what you’re putting in your body, it’s safer not to take it.
If you decide to use supplements, you should understand the risk of using the products you choose. In the UK, athletes can use a risk minimisation scheme called Informed Sport, which lists supplement products that have been subjected to manufacturing controls and batch testing.
Anti-doping at London 2012
- It’s not just the medallists who will be tested
- Record number of tests during the Games mean that drug cheats won’t get away with it on the biggest stage of all
- Positive Games test = No medal, no record, no future
- Check regularly for more info on 2012 rules and procedures as they become available
Testing is central to the fight against doping and we encourage all athletes to view it positively – a chance to celebrate your achievements as a clean athlete.
You can be tested at any time – during training, in competition, at home or anywhere else. Refusing to be tested could result in a ban, so you must comply if selected.
You may be asked for both urine and blood samples. If you’re unsure how testing works, you can watch a video here.
When you can request a delay to the Doping Control Station
- Know the sample collection procedures
- Always carry photographic identification
- Ask for an interpreter if you feel you need one
- Take along a representative, especially if it is your first test
- If you’ve been tested before, you may notice minor differences in the appearance of the equipment used. But the International Standard for Testing means the process should be the same
- If you over-hydrate, your urine sample may be too dilute and you’ll need to provide another sample
- If you’re asked to provide a blood sample, don’t worry – a trained, experienced phlebotomist will take only a very small amount
- Ask the Doping Control Officer (DCO) to explain anything you don’t understand
- Keep a list of medications and supplements you take so they can be accurately recorded on the Doping Control Form
- Keep a copy of the Doping Control Form you’re given at the test
Athletes have the right to...
- See the DCO’s identification
- Be accompanied by a representative
- Request a delay in reporting to the Doping Control Station
- A DCO of same gender
- Comment on the testing procedures on the Doping Control Form
- Receive a copy of the Doping Control Form
- Confidentiality at the laboratory
- To participate in a victory ceremony
- To fulfil media commitments
- To compete in further competitions
- To perform a warm down
- To obtain necessary medical treatment
- To locate a representative and/or interpreter
- To obtain photo identification
- In any other exceptional circumstances that may be justified, and which will be documented.
A minor must be notified of selection in writing in the presence of an adult (not necessarily their representative), and has a right to be joined in the Doping Control Station by an adult representative. Either the athlete’s representative or another member of the Doping Control Team will observe the DCO whilst they observe the athlete providing the sample.
An athlete’s disability may lead to some necessary modification to the sample collection procedures. For example, the athlete may need to be accompanied by a representative during sample collection if he or she:
- Needs help with balance, holding the sample collection vessel or dividing the sample into A Sample and B Sample bottles
- Has an intellectual impairment
- Has a visual impairment
Athletes who use urine collection or drainage systems will be required to drain existing urine from such systems and where available replace the bag before providing a sample for analysis.
Download UK Anti-Doping’s leaflet on testing procedures for athletes with disabilities here.
Report Doping in Sport
Report Doping in Sport is the UK’s confidential phone line to support the fight against doping in sport. Athletes, support personnel and concerned family or friends can call anonymously to pass on information to UK Anti-Doping about the use, possession or supply of doping substances in sport in the UK.
To help keep London 2012 clean, make the call... Report Doping in Sport on +44 800 032 2332 or
online here ...and play your part in protecting sport.
Anti-Doping Rule Violations (ADRVs)
There are eight ways in which athletes and support staff can violate the Code.
- Testing positive for a prohibited substance
- Using or attempting to use a prohibited substance or method
- Refusing or failing to provide a sample once selected
- Three missed tests or failures to disclose athlete whereabouts in an 18-month period
- Any attempt to tamper with the doping control process
- Possessing a prohibited substance or method
- Trafficking a prohibited substance or method
- Any attempt to administer a prohibited substance or method to an athlete, or to assist, encourage, aid, abet or cover up an ARV
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) are responsible for testing athletes during the Olympic and Paralympic Games. They also sanction anyone committing an ADRV during the Games.
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) harmonises anti-doping globally. WADA will deliver outreach to athletes during London 2012 and will monitor the IOC’s and IPC’s testing programmes.
The London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) is staging London 2012 and will deliver the Games-time testing programme.
UK Anti-Doping protects UK athletes’ right to compete in doping-free sport and helps all athletes understand their anti-doping responsibilities whilst in the UK. UK Anti-Doping is providing services to LOCOG.