January 12 at the athletics center named after Olga Rypakova held a seminar on “Changes in anti-doping legislation. What can replace doping?” Not only representatives of athletics, but also other sports gathered to listen to this useful course
Alexander Yuryevich Lushchaev, director of the sports and recreation dispensary of the East Kazakhstan region, a doctor of the highest category, master of sports in orienteering, came to share his medical knowledge with the athletes.
– Alexander Yuryevich, how relevant do you think the topic of anti-doping is now?
– This topic will always be relevant. The World Anti-Doping Agency takes forms that apply to various federations and the IOC. We need to be aware of everything, and take all the provisions and requirements that are provided to us very seriously. Today it is a necessity.
– What anti-doping measures are currently being taken in Kazakhstan?
– We have opened a national anti-doping agency, there is an international WADA system. There was a large laboratory, now it is undergoing re-accreditation, it will be licensed again. Members of the national teams undergo constant testing. Officers of international and national anti-doping organizations go to the competitions.
– Is it possible to conditionally divide doping into harmful (prohibited) and necessary?
– Probably not. This is a specific classification of substances that are administered in various ways. Therefore, if the drug is on the list, it means it is prohibited. There are cases when an athlete is injured and, for vital indications, drugs that are listed are injected into him. In such cases, when something threatens the life of an athlete, there is a certain form of communication.
– If you completely exclude drugs, what can you replace them with?
– You don’t have to exclude everything. Most people involved in sports at the initial stage do not use them at all. If they don’t have the motivation to achieve high results, or they don’t have the potential, then they pay money.
It would seem that a little less than two weeks have passed since the beginning of the new year, but there have already been changes in anti-doping legislation. Lecturers recommend that you carefully monitor the correction of official documents, because it is the athletes themselves who suffer very much because of this.
Inna Semenyak
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