Today’s news demonstrates that the new, more aggressive anti-doping policies being implemented by our National Federations and the Turkish Anti-Doping Agency (TADA), actively supported by the NOC and the Turkish government, are rooting out drugs in Turkish sport. While any evidence of cheating is a major disappointment for any country, the Turkish NOC nevertheless welcomes the action taken by the Turkish Athletics Federation today. The top-down approach is sending a clear message to cheats and would-be cheats in Turkey: you have nowhere left to hide. Turkey’s rigorous programme of testing and sanctions will be intensified further when the WADA-accredited anti-doping laboratory opens in Ankara later this year.
Turkish sport is also redoubling its efforts in the bottom-up approach, putting a greater emphasis on education in schools, colleges and youth clubs nationwide. Our focus is on teaching young athletes, parents and coaches the dangers of doping, and making them better equipped than ever, through proper training and nutrition, to succeed the right way.
Our more aggressive approach will continue – and it may yet yield more positive tests and more sanctions. Our anti-doping programme is under the full glare of the global media spotlight and we welcome that. If we achieve our goal of more clean Turkish athletes winning more medals in more sports in the years to come, then our tough action today will have been worth it.
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