"Let's be honest and pragmatic intentional dopers at elite level are evading detection, Howman told the Wada's World Conference on Doping in Sport in South Korea. We are not effective enough nowadays in catching cheats. We have great education programmes which help but they don't impact the intentional rule-breakers in elite sport. Our ineffectiveness in dealing with those who are beating the rules is hurting the anti-doping movement's credibility, with the resulting risk that our clean-sport message falls on deaf ears."
"Focusing on compliance-based testing, Howman warned, would not catch what he called the sophisticated dopers and he urged Wada to be more proactive in promoting the pursuit of anti-doping excellence and for greater transparency on anti-doping data We must all do better to support our clean athletes by catching the dirty ones, especially those at the pinnacle of sport, he added. Let's resolve"
"Ironically the AIU is widely seen as the gold standard when it comes to catching cheats, having sanctioned 427 elite athletes for doping offences since 2017. However, Howman said the AIU could do more, despite its successes, adding that it was not catching enough of them and significant improvements are necessary. Howman, who spent 13 years as Wada's director general, also urged the anti-doping community to move beyond compliance to a system that supports effective, ambitious anti-doping efforts."
Too many intentional dopers at elite level are evading detection. The current compliance-focused anti-doping system is ineffective against sophisticated, intentional rule-breakers. Education programmes help but do not deter elite intentional dopers. The ineffectiveness in catching those who beat the rules damages anti-doping credibility and risks the clean-sport message being ignored. The Athletics Integrity Unit has sanctioned 427 elite athletes since 2017 but is still not catching enough offenders and requires significant improvements. Anti-doping efforts need to move beyond compliance-based testing toward ambitious, proactive testing, greater transparency of anti-doping data, and support for catching top-level cheats to protect clean athletes.
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