Comments to the 'World Anti-doping code E-version 1.0'
July 18, 2002 Kaz Shimada, M.D. /Japanese delegate to FAI-CIMP
shimada.kazuhito@nasda.go.jp
1. (Article 1) Sport is for character$B!D(B for young people to develop the values$B!D(B
-> Because Sky Sports regulated by FAI contains such sports in which senior
participants are majority, it is not desirable to specify that sports participants are young
people.
2. (Article 1) Sport is for community$B!D(B.In every part of the world young people, their
parents and coaches, volunteers$B!D(B
-> (same comment as in #1) Specifying that athletes/participants are young does not
apply to Sky Sports.
3. (8.1.2) No statute of Limitation.
-> It is doubtful if all Stakeholders can be covered by this clause, due to different legal
systems among countries.
4. (8.2.1) Burden of Proof$B!D(B.This burden shall be greater than a mere balance of
probabilities but less than a standard which may be expressed as proof beyond a
reasonable doubt.
-> This looks like a sentence made by British-American lawyer. Intent of this sentence
is not clear to non-lawyer officials in other regions who are not familiar with
British-American system.
5. (8.4.3) Ownership of Samples/Research
-> It is not clear if the word 'research' used in 8.4.3 means the same as the word
'research' is used in Article 7.
6. (8.4.3) However, no specimen may be used for research without the athlete's express
written consent unless all markings on the sample which identify the sample as coming
from a particular athlete are removed.
-> Even when the labels are randomized or kept secret, it is not allowed to be used for a
research without participants' written consent.
-> Also it is not clear which Institutional Review Board grants a research plan.
7. (8.5.3) and (8.6.1) 'B sample'
Here a term 'B sample' is used without definition. It should be defined in Appendix 1.
Otherwise a reader of this document cannot know if the procedure here takes two
samples or three samples, or if 'A sample' and 'B sample' come from the same bolus or
come from two separate sampling.
(Comment per FAI Sporting Code)
(8.8.2) States that FAI Sporting Code should have a disposition of a team of which one
member is found to have a violation. CIMP should advise FAI to furnish this in the Sporting
Code. (I might have missed a recent revision in the Sporting Code, though.)