ISSF federations and athletes invited to register for ITA anti-doping webinar series starting on April 9

International Shooting Sport federations and shooting sport athletes seeking information about all aspects of anti-doping are invited to register for a new series of five webinars run by the International Testing Agency (ITA) starting from April 9.

Each of the five topics – Introduction to Anti-Doping; The Doping Control Process; Medications, Supplements, Prohibited List and TUEs; Values, Consequences and Reporting; Out-Of-Competition testing – has its own separate registration link, listed below.

It is important to register separately for each session as these are stand-alone webinars.

The webinars will be offered in English with simultaneous translation in Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian and Spanish.

Athletes, officials, coaches and athlete support personnel who attend all five sessions will receive a certificate of attendance.

ISSF President Luciano Rossi signed a four-year partnership with the ITA from January 1, 2024.

The new arrangement, as the sport heads towards the Paris 2024 Olympics and the Los Angeles Games four years beyond, will guarantee ISSF athletes a gold-standard anti-doping programme that will be entirely administered by the body that works on behalf of the International Olympic Committee.

 Among the functions that the ISSF will be delegating to the ITA will be the organisation and management of in-competition and out-of-competition testing and risk assessment.

The ITA will also supervise the Registered Test Pool (RTP) and manage athletes’ whereabouts submissions, as well as any filing or whereabouts failures, while undertaking World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) compliance monitoring and management.

 Additionally, the ITA will manage Athlete Biological Passports (ABPs) and Therapeutic Use Exemptions (TUEs).

And the ITA will strengthen the ISSF's anti-doping efforts with a long-term sample retention strategy that will allow selected samples to be stored and re-analysed for up to 10 years after the date of collection.

As well as providing independent results management – something it does for more than 80 per cent of Summer Olympic International Federations - the ITA will engage in targeted prevention and educational activities.

Details of the webinar series, all from 14.00 to 15.00 Central European Summer Time (CEST) are as follows:

Tuesday, April 9 - Introduction to anti-doping
Overview of the system, rights and obligations, Anti-Doping Rule Violations (ADRVs).

https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_OMvNzXaSQ12VkDetvLBC4Q#/registration

Tues, April 16 - The doping control procedure
Including testing procedures (urine and blood) and Athlete Blood Passports (ABPs)

https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_7CF8QR74T8uwJ5MAgH9gnA#/registration

Tues, April 23 - Medicines, food supplements, doping list and Therapeutic Use Exemptions (TUEs).
Including the principle of strict liability

https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_5CRE9bk1SnyAO9nFPrIm6g#/registration

Tues, April 30 - Principles and values of clean sport
Including sanctions, consequences and awareness

https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_C0zOVqszSfWO1RDmkCAkBw#/registration

Tues, May 7 - Out-of-competition doping controls
Includes requirements of Registered Testing Pool (RTP)/Testing Pool (TP), whereabouts, use of Anti-Doping Administration & Management System (ADAMS)

https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_RDD72k3-QYikbVAqp__-XQ#/registration