How good is UKAD 24/7/365 testing?

[Beercules]

Dem Brits B cheatin'

[Dr Rumack]

Unlike a lot of agencies UKAD find it appropriate to brief the press about a positive test after a fight, which IMO borders on negligence.

They will not report a violation until the entire appeals process has been exhausted, even if that process takes years. In essence it's a system that has been set up to protect star athletes, the ones with the resources to keep legal actions going indefinitely.

[_Maxi]

Can't be that good if Joshua hasn't been busted yet

****ing this! But it's still good it seems, they catched a few people.

[Robbie Barrett]

Doesn't even tell you the names of the fighters it caught on the site.

http://ukad.org.uk/anti-doping-rule-violations/historical-sanctions/search&category=521

I wan to know the name of the fighter that got caught with all this in his system.

Anastrozole, Boldenone, Erythropoietin (EPO), Exemestane, Fluoxymesterone, Human Growth Hormone (hGH), Insulin-like Growth Factor-1, Letrozole, Methandienone, Metribolone (Methyltrienolone), Oxymetholone, Tamoxifen, Testosterone, Trenbolone

[kafkod]

Ok. So they're just like VADA but bigger?

No, UKAD are not a fully independant organisation, like VADA.

They are what's known as a "quango" in the UK - a "quasi autonomous non-governmental organisation".

That means they are not directly run by the government, but they are funded by public money (taxes) and can be called to account for what they do, or don't do, by parliament, if neccessary.

[Motorcity Cobra]

No, UKAD are not a fully independant organisation, like VADA.

They are what's known as a "quango" in the UK - a "quasi autonomous non-governmental organisation".

That means they are not directly run by the government, but they are funded by public money (taxes) and can be called to account for what they do, or don't do, by parliament, if neccessary.

That's a good thing. Can't be paid off and they're held accountable.

[kafkod]

Doesn't even tell you the names of the fighters it caught on the site.

http://ukad.org.uk/anti-doping-rule-violations/historical-sanctions/search&category=521

I wan to know the name of the fighter that got caught with all this in his system.

Anastrozole, Boldenone, Erythropoietin (EPO), Exemestane, Fluoxymesterone, Human Growth Hormone (hGH), Insulin-like Growth Factor-1, Letrozole, Methandienone, Metribolone (Methyltrienolone), Oxymetholone, Tamoxifen, Testosterone, Trenbolone

That's probably Larry Olubamiwo.

"Heavyweight boxer Larry Olubamiwo has been banned for
four years for multiple anti-doping rule violations.
Olubamiwo, from London, tested positive for the blood-boosting substance EPO on January 13 following a bout with Sam Sexton.
He later admitted to using 13 banned substances, including human growth hormone and anabolic steroids, over a six-year period competing as an amateur and professional boxer."

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/box...#ixzz4XOKYvY9B

[kafkod]

UKAD are severely lacking in transparency. Like all national anti-doping agencies.

UKAD are obliged, by the freedom of information act 2000, to answer questions if you email them.

"What Information Am I Entitled to?"

"You are entitled to be told whether we hold the information you have requested. This is sometimes referred to as the duty to "confirm or deny". If we do hold it, you are entitled to have the information communicated to you. However, there are some exemptions to these rights, such as if the disclosure of the information would be prejudicial to the effective conduct of public affairs."

http://ukad.org.uk/contact-us/uk-anti-doping-freedom-of-information/

In other words, they are obliged to tell if they have the info you are asking about, but they're not obliged to actually give you that info.

[tokon]

UKAD test other athletes too but their testing procedures are extremely lax in practice.

I know of a UK athlete (not boxer) who has got past their tests on a regular basis just by taking a container of "clean" urine into the toilet with him!

[Dr Rumack]

UKAD test other athletes too but their testing procedures are extremely lax in practice.

I know of a UK athlete (not boxer) who has got past their tests on a regular basis just by taking a container of "clean" urine into the toilet with him!

Surely that can't be true. That trick was rumbled a good 30 years ago.