The Russian Anti-Doping Company (RUSADA) introduced a major lower within the variety of optimistic assessments registered in 2024, although there was a rise in two different key classes which will have performed a job.
After 15 optimistic assessments had been taken in December, a RUSADA spokesperson instructed state-sponsored media outlet TASS {that a} complete of 102 optimistic assessments had been registered in 2024, lowering from the 150 reported in 2023.
In 2022, there 135 optimistic assessments.
Month-by-Month Optimistic Assessments – 2024
- January – 4
- February – 4
- March – 7
- April – 4
- Might – 6
- June – 14
- July – 13
- August – 7
- September – 6
- October – 2
- November – 20
- December – 15
RUSADA Director Normal Veronika Loginova famous that the optimistic assessments included the usage of anabolic steroids, diuretics and masking brokers, together with meldonium, a substance used to deal with cardiovascular and neurological situations that was added to the World Anti-Doping Company (WADA) Banned Listing in 2016.
Adorned breaststroker Yuliya Efimova was amongst many Russian athletes to check optimistic for meldonium in 2016—she was finally cleared of the costs.
Meldonium additionally accounted for a big portion of the Russian optimistic assessments in 2022.
Together with the lower in optimistic assessments, RUSADA additionally reported a rise in each requests for Therapeutic Use Exemptions (TUE) and the variety of “whereabouts failures” registered by Russian athletes through the 12 months.
RUSADA reported 282 whereabouts violations in 2024, a rise from 242 in 2023. In 2022, there have been 375.
An athlete could be suspended from competitors if they’ve three whereabouts failures inside a 12-month interval.
RUSADA additionally acquired a complete of 141 TUE functions through the 12 months, up from 117 in 2023 and 78 in 2022.
Athletes can apply for TUEs if they’re required to take treatment that’s on WADA’s Listing of Prohibited Substances and Strategies.
After initially being deemed non-compliant by WADA in late 2019, RUSADA has but to be reinstated and get better its rights, with WADA reiterating Russia’s non-compliance with the World Anti-Doping Code in September 2023.
In March 2024, WADA President Witold Banka stated RUSADA’s rights can be reinstated after conducting an in-person audit, although the worldwide governing company has not adopted via with that audit given the present geopolitical scenario.
