WADA issues reminder as 2021 World Anti-Doping Code enters into force Sunday, 3 January 2021
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has issued a reminder to all stakeholders that the 2021 World Anti-Doping Code has now entered into force.
From Friday (January 1), the Code, new International Standards, and the Athletes Anti-Doping Rights Act came into force.
The documents, subject to a two-year stakeholder consultation process, were approved on November 7 2019 during WADA s World Conference on Doping in Sport in Katowice in Poland.
The 2021 Code, which follows on from previous versions that entered into effect in 2004, 2009 and 2015, includes a number of changes to global anti-doping policies, rules and regulations within anti-doping organisations (ADOs) around the world.
Sun Yang is free to swim and the Court of Arbitration is on notice
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As of now Sun Yang is free to resume swimming and training with his teammates.
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The Swiss Federal Supreme Court s decision to set aside the eight-year ban given in February to Chinese world and Olympic swimming champion Sun Yang has made headlines around the globe.
It s a landmark case that is far from over with questions that go to the very heart of anti-doping, sports justice and athletes rights.
The decision is monumental in two ways.
Firstly, it s not impossible but extremely rare for the Swiss court to set aside findings of the Court of Arbitration (CAS). It does not review findings as you might expect in a traditional appeal process, but only considers matters of procedural irregularity .