The Sports Parliament approved the new Doping Statute of Swiss Olympic, which comes into force on January 1, 2021. The Doping Statute and its Regulatory Statutes are binding on all federations affiliated to Swiss Olympic.
The founding president Corinne Schmidhauser as well as several other members of the Foundation Board of Antidoping Switzerland reach the end of their term of office and resign from the Board.
Antidoping Switzerland points to the fact that the importation of DHEA is prohibited in accordance with the Sports Promotion Act (SpoPA). Consignments containing products with DHEA are being seized by customs increasingly often, despite the import ban.
On January 1 2021, the new World Anti-Doping Code will enter into force. Antidoping Switzerland summarizes the most important changes and improvements.
In an interview with the Tages Anzeiger of 25/08/2020, the former swiss wrestler Martin Grab commented on his disciplinary proceedings. Antidoping Switzerland firmly rejects the accusations of allegedly unprofessional conduct of proceedings.
Follow-up analyses of doping samples are an important tool in the fight against doping. At the end of 2019 and beginning of 2020, Antidoping Switzerland for the first time conducted follow-up analyses on samples that had been in storage for long periods.
2019 targets achieved – expansion of investigation activities planned. The 2019 business year of Antidoping Switzerland was marked by continuity. Antidoping Switzerland was able to meet or exceed its annual targets. In the current year, priority will be given to expanding investigative activities.