Prof Jiri Dvorak on anti-doping in sports; Athlete Biological Passport and 10 years in a freezer.

This 12-minute podcast relates to a special 2013 Consensus Meeting on Anti-Doping in Sports & its summary in BJSM’s Special Issue on Anti-Doping (May 2014). On November 29, 2013, FIFA hosted a meeting of representatives from key Anti-Doping stakeholders. Represented were sports physicians, athletes, legal experts, biomedical scientists, as well as leadership of international sports federations, the IOC and the Word Anti-Doping Agency. To take a ‘giant leap' forward in the battle to ensure a level playing field in sport the group addressed two key questions. (1) ‘Are we doing the right thing?’ and (2) ‘What contemporary methods can move beyond the simple testing strategy that was begun in the 1960s?’ Listen to the ebullient Professor Dvorak analyse anti-doping options and share with you the reasons drug-cheats are either stopping or very nervous. Read the full consensus statement: http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/48/10/801.full See also: Monitoring of biological markers indicative of doping: the athlete biological passport: http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/48/10/827.full FIFA’s approach to doping in football: http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/40/suppl_1/i3.full Gene doping: an overview and current implications for athletes: http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/47/11/670.full Anti-doping programme and physicians: http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/45/2/e2.2.abstract Do drug cheats ever prosper?: http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/36/2/79.2.full A doping sinner is not always a cheat: http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/42/7/549.full Super athletes or gene cheats?:http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/37/3/192.full Why we should allow performance enhancing drugs in sport: http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/38/6/666.full FIFA’s future activities in the fight against doping: http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/40/suppl_1/i58.full Ruling from the Court of Arbitration for Sport brings consistency, but anti-doping debate will rumble on: http://blogs.bmj.com/bjsm/2012/04/30/ruling-from-the-court-of-arbitration-for-sport-brings-consistency-but-anti-doping-debate-will-rumble-on-2/ Hot Topic: The Truth Behind Doping Scandals: https://soundcloud.com/bmjpodcasts/jiri-dvorak-on-the-future-of/edit Hot Topic: Current Anti-Doping Policies: http://blogs.bmj.com/bjsm/2008/08/07/hot-topic-current-anti-doping-policies/

Guest Blog: Peter Brukner on Drugs and the London Olympics: http://blogs.bmj.com/bjsm/2012/08/20/guest-blog-peter-brukner-on-drugs-and-the-london-olympics/