Montreal: British Cycling The riders conducted their own drug tests using a private laboratory in violation of international regulations, an investigation by world anti-doping agency (WADA) has confirmed.
WADA said in a statement on Tuesday that investigators found that United Kingdom Anti-Doping (UKAD) allowed British Cycling to test athlete’s samples for banned substances in a private facility.
WADA Inquiry – Name”operation echoThe illegal test was found in 2011 as part of a study into possible contamination of the supplement, a statement said.
“British Cycling collected samples from elite riders and tested these samples for androgens and the anabolic steroid, nandrolone,” Wada said.
“Contrary to the rules set out by the World Anti-Doping Code and the relevant international standard, the samples were collected by British Cycling employees, rather than by doping The control officer, analyzed by a non-WADA-accredited laboratory, and provided by athletes on the grounds that UKAD will never know the results.”
WADA said that “at least one UKAD employee” was aware of the British Cycling study and that samples could be collected and analyzed in a non-WADA-accredited laboratory.
The agency said that UKAD has “no record of the results of the analysis and emails received that reflect UKAD’s real-time knowledge of major events.”
“‘Operation Echo’ confirmed possible wrongdoing by individuals in both British Cycling and UKAD at the time,” said Günter Younger, WADA’s Director of Independent Intelligence and Investigations (I&I).
A copy of the findings of the WADA investigation has been provided to WADA’s Department of Compliance, Rules and Standards as well as the International Cycling Union (UCI) for consideration.
WADA’s statement stressed that Operation Echo did not make “corrective recommendations”, noting that the individuals involved in the 2011 incidents were no longer employed by UKAD, which had already taken safeguards to prevent the incident from repeating. was designed for.
“It is important to acknowledge that WADA I&I received the full cooperation and transparency of British Cycling and UKAD during our investigation,” WADA said.
WADA said it found no evidence of allegations made earlier this year that UKAD released individual athlete biological passport data to British Cycling in 2016.
WADA said in a statement on Tuesday that investigators found that United Kingdom Anti-Doping (UKAD) allowed British Cycling to test athlete’s samples for banned substances in a private facility.
WADA Inquiry – Name”operation echoThe illegal test was found in 2011 as part of a study into possible contamination of the supplement, a statement said.
“British Cycling collected samples from elite riders and tested these samples for androgens and the anabolic steroid, nandrolone,” Wada said.
“Contrary to the rules set out by the World Anti-Doping Code and the relevant international standard, the samples were collected by British Cycling employees, rather than by doping The control officer, analyzed by a non-WADA-accredited laboratory, and provided by athletes on the grounds that UKAD will never know the results.”
WADA said that “at least one UKAD employee” was aware of the British Cycling study and that samples could be collected and analyzed in a non-WADA-accredited laboratory.
The agency said that UKAD has “no record of the results of the analysis and emails received that reflect UKAD’s real-time knowledge of major events.”
“‘Operation Echo’ confirmed possible wrongdoing by individuals in both British Cycling and UKAD at the time,” said Günter Younger, WADA’s Director of Independent Intelligence and Investigations (I&I).
A copy of the findings of the WADA investigation has been provided to WADA’s Department of Compliance, Rules and Standards as well as the International Cycling Union (UCI) for consideration.
WADA’s statement stressed that Operation Echo did not make “corrective recommendations”, noting that the individuals involved in the 2011 incidents were no longer employed by UKAD, which had already taken safeguards to prevent the incident from repeating. was designed for.
“It is important to acknowledge that WADA I&I received the full cooperation and transparency of British Cycling and UKAD during our investigation,” WADA said.
WADA said it found no evidence of allegations made earlier this year that UKAD released individual athlete biological passport data to British Cycling in 2016.
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