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IWF athletes & entourage invited to attend “Clean Sport Webinar” on July 21

IWF Athletes and respective support personnel were recently invited to attend a “Clean Sport Webinar”, hosted by the International Testing Agency (ITA) on behalf of the IWF, on this Friday July 21, 2023.

This online gathering will cover the following matters related to anti-doping strategy:

  • Athlete and Athlete Support Personnel (coaches, doctors etc.) Roles & Responsibilities
  • Anti-Doping Rule Violations & The Principle of Strict Liability
  • The 2023 Prohibited List
  • Medications & Supplements
  • Risks of using Anabolic Steroids
  • IWF 2023 Anti-doping Rules – Summary of main changes

In order to cover all time zones, there will be two sessions of the same webinar, one in the morning (09h00-10h00 CET) and one in the afternoon (16h00-17h00 CET).

For the morning session, please register here: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_tTgIxGohSiWGRY2qTr07HA

For the afternoon session, please register here:
https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_i-LM1GHgSmqRO-TCVs3UwQ

The webinar session(s) will be delivered in English with simultaneous translation in Spanish, Russian, and Arabic.

The Moderator of the webinar will be Armando Urban, MD – Education Officer at the ITA, and the invited Guest is Forrester Osei – Chair of the IWF Athlete’s Commission.

A series of webinars tailored to athletes will be launched in the upcoming months. Further information on those webinars will follow in due time.