Anti-Doping
To promote and protect the integrity of sport and the health of athletes, the IPC, together with International Federations and the National Paralympic Committees established the IPC Anti-Doping Code.
The aims of the code, which is fully compliant with the World Anti-Doping Agency Code, are:
To protect the athlete’s right to participate in doping free sport and thus promote health, fairness and equality for athletes worldwide.
To ensure harmonized, co-orindated and effective anti-doping programmes on the international and national level with regards to detection, deterrence and prevention of doping.
Anti-Doping rules, like Competition rules, are sport rules governing the conditions under which sport is played. All participants (athletes and athlete support personnel) accept these rules as a condition of participation and are presumed to have agreed to comply with the IPC Anti-Doping Code.
The IPC fully supports the World Anti-Doping Agency’s (WADA) view that the long-term solution to preventing doping is through effective values-based education programmes that can foster anti-doping behaviors and create a strong anti-doping culture.
In addition to the video above, WADA has produced a number of educational resources for athletes and coaches which can be found below:
WADA Quiz - Test your knowledge of anti-doping
WADA Doping Control Leaflet (English)
WADA Dangers of Doping Leaflet (English)
WADA Dangers of Doping Leaflet (Other languages)
Athlete Testimonial
Tim Prendergast - New Zealand's three-time Paralympian 800m and 1,500m runner T13
'Being true to myself is about being the very best I can be and putting in 100 percent to get the results that I strive for. Being true to myself is also competing hard but playing by the rules and honouring the values that underpin sport and life. Sport that is free of doping is something I am passionate about and something that I believe WADA are and have done huge amounts to make this a reality.'
