WADA recently launched a new interactive education course ADEL for Olympic Winter Games and Paralympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 to educate and support athletes and their coaches in the build-up to Beijing 2022.
ADEL for Olympic Winter Games
The course is now live in 3 languages (English, French and Spanish).
Athletes and coaches taking this latest course will gain an understanding of the Beijing 2022 anti-doping rules, procedures and requirements – including how to check medications and apply for a TUE, how to provide whereabouts information, and explanations of the athletes’ rights and responsibilities during the testing process. The course will also allow athletes and coaches to identify key information, such as important dates that they need to be aware of and which organization has jurisdiction over them during the Games.
In addition to the above, the new course will provide important information regarding modifications to the 2022 List of Prohibited Substances and Methods which has been recently published and will be in force during the Beijing Games. In particular, the course will provide information on the major changes regarding routes of administration of Glucocorticoids that will be enforced from 1 January 2022.
Completion of this course – which includes a certificate for those who achieve a score of 80% or higher – is highly recommended.
ADEL for Paralympic Winter Games
This latest course, entitled ‘ADEL for Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games’, was developed by WADA in collaboration with the International Paralympic Committee (IPC). This collaboration was established as part of WADA’s ongoing work to support the implementation of the International Standard for Education (ISE), which promotes the principle that athletes and their athlete support personnel (ASP) should be educated prior to arriving at a major games or event. It also further demonstrates both organizations’ commitment to collaborate in order to support and promote the education of athletes and their coaches in the build-up to the Games.
Those taking the new course – which has been developed to cater to the specific needs of Paralympic athletes – will gain an understanding of the Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games’ anti-doping rules, procedures and requirements – including how to check medications and apply for a Therapeutic Use Exemption (TUE), how to provide Whereabouts information, and explanations of the athletes’ rights and responsibilities during the testing process. The course will also allow athletes, coaches and guides (for visually impaired athletes) to identify key information, such as important dates that they need to be aware of and which organization has jurisdiction over them during the Games period.
In addition to the above, the new course will provide important information regarding modifications to the 2022 List of Prohibited Substances and Methods which was published on 30 September 2021 and will be in force during the Beijing Games. In particular, the course will provide information on the major changes regarding Glucocorticoid injections during the in-competition period that will be in effect from 1 January 2022.
Completion of this course – which includes a certificate for those who achieve a score of 80% or higher – is highly recommended. WADA and the IPC strongly encourage all National Paralympic Committees to work in close collaboration with their National or Regional Anti-Doping Organizations to ensure that athletes, coaches and other ASP are properly educated in advance of the Games – a principle that the ISE requires.
The course, which is currently available in English, has also been adapted slightly to ensure that visually impaired athletes can make their way through the course with their screen readers. The French and Spanish versions are under development and will be made available on ADEL in the coming weeks.
In a similar collaborative effort, we once again highlight the ‘ADEL for Medical Professionals at a Major Games’ course, which was developed with the International Olympic Committee and is useful for any medical professional traveling to Beijing, as well as the ‘ADEL for Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022’ course, a collaboration between WADA, the International Olympic Committee and the International Testing Agency.
The link to ADEL can be found in the #CurlClean section on the WCF website here: https://worldcurling.org/curlclean/anti-doping-education/ or directly through this link: https://adel.wada-ama.org/learn
