Paralympic athletes call for major revisions to tackle doping
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Concerns from international para-athletes and personnel raised over the integrity of para-sports.
By Professor Ian Boardley
Preserving the integrity of Paralympic sport is one of the key concerns of athletes taking part, and a project to understand ways to tackle para-sport doping heard from international athletes about their experiences and concerns.
The findings from the multi-agency Research-Embedded Strategic Plan for anti-doping Education: Clean sport alliance initiative for Tackling doping in Para-sport (RESPECT-P) project suggest a need for major policy revisions within Paralympic sport, including fixing issues with the classification system.
Findings from this Erasmus+ funded project were recently presented and discussed at the 3rd Clean Sport Insight Forum at the University of Birmingham, hosted by UK Anti- Doping (UKAD).
Through interviews with international para-athletes and athlete support personnel from six European countries, the project has identified significant thre...
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