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WADA provides update regarding 2026 Regional Symposiums for Europe and Africa

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) would like to provide stakeholders with an update regarding its 2026 Regional Symposiums ...
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WADA Intelligence and Investigations conference in India updated on success of ‘Operation Upstream’

Today, WADA President Witold Bańka, members of WADA’s Intelligence and Investigations (I&I) Department, and the Asia/Oceania ...
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WADA Celebrates Play True Day 2026: "Play True. It Starts with You."

Today, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) is engaging athletes, National and Regional Anti-Doping Organizations, Sports ...
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REMINDER: Register for WADA’s 2026 Regional Symposium for Asia/Oceania and the 21st Asia/Oceania Intergovernmental Ministerial Meeting to be held in Beijing, Chin…

REMINDER: Register for WADA’s 2026 Regional Symposium for Asia/Oceania and the 21st Asia/Oceania Intergovernmental ...
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REMINDER: This Friday, join WADA in Celebrating Play True Day 2026: "Play True. It Starts with You."

Further to the World Anti-Doping Agency’s (WADA’s) release of 24 February, WADA wishes to remind the global anti-doping ...
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Major Event Anti-Doping Legacy (MEAL) Program

Improving the capacity and capability of National and Regional Anti-Doping Organizations and MEOs; Enabling MEOs and event ...
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Cold- and Cryo-RBC blood doping: Enhanced biomarker detectability by AI-driven cell sorting and Biofiltration

Autologous blood transfusion (ABT) using cryo-preserved red blood cells (Cryo-RBC) is a method that will enhance athletic performance in endurance events. Cryo-RBC can be stored longer than regular ...
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3S Project-II: Assessment of Subsampling-based Convolutional Neural Network (SCNN) algorithm for possible use in anti-doping procedures related to the athlete biological passport.

As sample swapping is an approach to evade doping detection, the use of machine learning-based algorithms has the potential to improve accuracy of fraud detection by improving the sensitivity of ...
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Play True Day 2026

We all have a part to play in keeping sport clean and fair for everyone. Play True Day is an opportunity to show your commitment to the cause. Visit our official Play True Day 2026 page This link will ...
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Detection of autologous blood transfusion and rHuEPO misuse by Dried Blood Spots

In summary, we propose to analyze DBS cards to evaluate the potential of surrogate markers for altered erythropoiesis, namely ALAS2 L and LC, CA1, and CD71, FECH and Band3, after both blood withdrawal ...
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Detection of Beclomethasone in urine and dried blood spots in healthy subjects, after inhalation of therapeutic doses, for doping control analysis

This project i a three-armed randomised controlled trial investigating the effect of WADA approved anti asthmatic medication on sprint performance during submaximal cycling. In addition to performance ...
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Detection and quantification of common beta2-agonists after inhaled administration in humans with dried blood spots and dried plasma spots

Beta2-agonists salbutamol, formoterol, terbutaline and salmeterol delivered by inhalation are among the most used medications in athletes for treating asthma and exercise induced bronchoconstriction.