Hello forum.
Last monday, a friend of mine, a swimmer who writes on the italian forum, has been squalified for 6 month after a doping control.
Does there in USA exist doping control on master atlethe?
He didn't use epo, he just have a joint after dinner.
What do you think about that?
The post about this topic has been censured in Itlay.
Thank you.
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Actually, we are not bound to comply with FINA. We choose to comply with FINA in most regards, but we are bound only to comply with our own rulebook. Hence we can contest meets in yards, have different age-as-of dates, piddle about with various backstroke start toe placements etc. If FINA makes a rule or rule change, USMS can (and occasionally does) choose to ignor part or all of it - see part 6 of the rule book.
USMS has no drug testing - and even if we were aware of a person's drug use, there is no provision for consequences in our rulebook.
I do not beleive that, with regard to Masters, FINA has any drug restriction or testing.
I could be, and frequently am, wrong (if I am, please quote chapter and verse that indicates so).
Actually, we are not bound to comply with FINA. We choose to comply with FINA in most regards, but we are bound only to comply with our own rulebook. Hence we can contest meets in yards, have different age-as-of dates, piddle about with various backstroke start toe placements etc. If FINA makes a rule or rule change, USMS can (and occasionally does) choose to ignor part or all of it - see part 6 of the rule book.
USMS has no drug testing - and even if we were aware of a person's drug use, there is no provision for consequences in our rulebook.
I do not beleive that, with regard to Masters, FINA has any drug restriction or testing.
I could be, and frequently am, wrong (if I am, please quote chapter and verse that indicates so).
